1 Corinthians 7:1-7
•	What is your experience of the marriages in your extended family?  What conclusions do you draw?
•	What criteria does Paul use for deciding whether we should marry?
•	Why does Paul say that both marriage and singleness are spiritual gifts (charismata) in verse 7?  Is it possible to find yourself either married or single but without the gift for it?  What should such a person do?
•	What does Paul say about sex within marriage?  How are our cultural attitudes similar and different from this?
•	FOR DISCUSSION PRIVATELY BY COUPLES IF POSSIBLE.  What do we each need to learn from Paul’s teaching about sex within marriage.
•	FOR DISCUSSION BY SINGLES.  Most singles will go on to marry.  How can we learn disciplines of self-giving which will prepare us for marriage?
•	Do couples today ever “deprive one another for prayer”?  Why/why not?

1 Corinthians 7:1-7
•	What is your experience of the marriages in your extended family?  What conclusions do you draw?
•	What criteria does Paul use for deciding whether we should marry?
•	Why does Paul say that both marriage and singleness are spiritual gifts (charismata) in verse 7?  Is it possible to find yourself either married or single but without the gift for it?  What should such a person do?
•	What does Paul say about sex within marriage?  How are our cultural attitudes similar and different from this?
•	FOR DISCUSSION PRIVATELY BY COUPLES IF POSSIBLE.  What do we each need to learn from Paul’s teaching about sex within marriage.
•	FOR DISCUSSION BY SINGLES.  Most singles will go on to marry.  How can we learn disciplines of self-giving which will prepare us for marriage?
•	Do couples today ever “deprive one another for prayer”?  Why/why not?
1 Corinthians 7:1-7
•	What is your experience of the marriages in your extended family?  What conclusions do you draw?
•	What criteria does Paul use for deciding whether we should marry?
•	Why does Paul say that both marriage and singleness are spiritual gifts (charismata) in verse 7?  Is it possible to find yourself either married or single but without the gift for it?  What should such a person do?
•	What does Paul say about sex within marriage?  How are our cultural attitudes similar and different from this?
•	FOR DISCUSSION PRIVATELY BY COUPLES IF POSSIBLE.  What do we each need to learn from Paul’s teaching about sex within marriage.
•	FOR DISCUSSION BY SINGLES.  Most singles will go on to marry.  How can we learn disciplines of self-giving which will prepare us for marriage?
•	Do couples today ever “deprive one another for prayer”?  Why/why not?