1 Corinthians 7:40
But she is happier if she may so remain, according to my opinion: but I realize that I truly have the Spirit of God.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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1 Corinthians 7:6But I speak this according to knowledge, not according to commandment.
1 Corinthians 7:25But concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give knowledge, as one having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.
1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen the Lord Jesus? are you not my work in the Lord?
2 Corinthians 10:8For if I shall in any thing the more abundantly boast concerning our power which the Lord gave us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I will not be ashamed:
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore the one rejecting (sanctification), does not reject man, but God, who indeed gives to 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 →