1 Corinthians 7:40
Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is – in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
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1 Corinthians 7:6I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.
1 Corinthians 7:25With regard to unmarried women, I have no command from the Master to give you, but I tell you my opinion, and the Master in his mercy has made me worthy to be trusted.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen our Lord Jesus? Aren’t you yourselves my work achieved in union with the Lord?
2 Corinthians 10:8Even if I boast extravagantly about our authority – which the Lord gave us for building up your faith and not for overthrowing it – still I have no reason to be ashamed.
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore the person who disregards this warning disregards, not people, but God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:40
Prudential Directions to Widows. ( a. d. 57.) 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. 40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. The whole is here closed up with advice to widows: As long as the husband liveth the wife is bound by the law, confined to one husband, and bound to continue and cohabit with him. Note, The marriage-contract… Read the whole commentary →