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1 Corinthians 7:40

Yet in my judgment she would be happier if she lives as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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In The King James Version

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

In Context

39A woman is bound to her husband for as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she wishes to marry, but only in the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:6But I say these things to you as a concession and not as a command.

1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning those who never married, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord's mercy, is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my workmanship in the Lord?

2 Corinthians 10:8For even if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave for us to build you up and not to destroy you, I will not be ashamed.

1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he who rejects this rejects not people, but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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 →

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