# Group 1: God with the Single Christian (vv8-9)

# Group 2: God with the Married Christian married to a Christian (vv10-11)

> “Sin has so twisted marriage that for many unmarried people it seems impossible to live without being married. On the other hand, sin has so twisted marriage that it seems impossible to live within marriage for many married people.” Stephen Um

# Group 3: God with the Married Christian married to a Non-Christian (vv12-16)

# Groups 4, 5, 6, 7: God with the Circumsized, Uncircumsized, Slave, Freed (vv17-20)

> “The key to getting off the climb and experiencing true contentment is not having more or learning to live with less. The key to contentment is worship. It’s only when my heart is satisfied because of what I have been given in Christ that I am with him and so much more delighted with God’s glory then the glory of possessing the next glorious physical thing….only then do I leave the hunt to climb the ladder.”

> Paul Tripp