Verse 40

Yet in my opinion, she is happier if she remains as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now concerning the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 To the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to remain as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:25-26 : 25 Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.
  • 1 Cor 7:35 : 35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 9:1-3 : 1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 This is my defense to those who examine me.
  • 1 Cor 14:36-37 : 36 Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached? 37 If anyone considers themselves to be a prophet or spiritually gifted, let them acknowledge that the things I am writing to you are the Lord’s commands.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed. 9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters. 10 For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Therefore, whoever disregards this does not reject man but God, who also gives His Holy Spirit to you.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him. 16 As he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. In them, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.