1 Corinthians 7:40

But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.

Montgomery New Testament

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 wife is bound to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is free to marry whomever she will, provided it be in the Lord.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:6But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.

1 Corinthians 7:25I have no command from the Lord to give you concerning unmarried women; but I give you my opinion, and it is that of a man who, through the Lord’s mercy, is deserving of your confidence.

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

2 Corinthians 10:8If, however, I were to boast more loudly concerning the authority which the Lord gave me (not to cast you down, but to build you up), I should have no cause for shame.

1 Thessalonians 4:8So that he who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gave 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 →

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