1 Corinthians 7:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:1 : 1 Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.
  • 1 Cor 7:6 : 6 But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 7:8 : 8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:25-26 : 25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him. 26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.
  • 1 Cor 7:35 : 35 Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 9:1-3 : 1 Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle. 3 My answer to those who are judging me is this.
  • 1 Cor 14:36-37 : 36 What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you? 37 If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me: 9 That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters. 10 For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And be certain that the long waiting of the Lord is for salvation; even as our brother Paul has said in his letters to you, from the wisdom which was given to him; 16 And as he said in all his letters, which had to do with these things; in which are some hard sayings, so that, like the rest of the holy Writings, they are twisted by those who are uncertain and without knowledge, to the destruction of their souls.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:32-39
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    84%

    32But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

    33But the married man gives his attention to the things of this world, how he may give pleasure to his wife.

    34And the wife is not the same as the virgin. The virgin gives her mind to the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in body and in spirit: but the married woman takes thought for the things of the world, how she may give pleasure to her husband.

    35Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

    36But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

    37But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

    38So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

    39It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

  • Rom 7:1-4
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    1Is it not clear, my brothers (I am using an argument to those who have knowledge of the law), that the law has power over a man as long as he is living?

    2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    3So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

    4In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-17
    12 verses
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    6But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

    7It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

    8But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

    9But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

    10But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband

    11(Or if she goes away from him, let her keep unmarried, or be united to her husband again); and that the husband may not go away from his wife.

    12But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is not a Christian, and it is his desire to go on living with her, let her not go away from her husband.

    14For the husband who has not faith is made holy through his Christian wife, and the wife who is not a Christian is made holy through the brother: if not, your children would be unholy, but now are they holy.

    15But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

    16For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

    17Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
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    75%

    24My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

    25Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

    26In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

    27If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

    28If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

    29But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
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    71%

    1Now, as to the things in your letter to me: It is good for a man to have nothing to do with a woman.

    2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

    3Let the husband give to the wife what is right; and let the wife do the same to the husband.

    4The wife has not power over her body, but the husband; and in the same way the husband has not power over his body, but the wife.

  • Num 30:6-7
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    67%

    6But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

    7And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

  • 1 Cor 6:17
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    17But he who is united to the Lord is one spirit.

  • Num 30:9-11
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    67%

    9But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

    10But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

    11If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

  • 1 Tim 2:15
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    15But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she is living.

  • Deut 24:2
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    2And when she has gone away from him, she may become another man's wife.

  • 1 Cor 9:5
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    5Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

  • 1 Cor 7:20
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    20Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

  • 1 Cor 11:13
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    13Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

  • 1 Cor 14:34
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    34Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.