1 Corinthians 7:40

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But in my opinion, she will be 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 Celibacy and Marriage Now with regard to the issues you wrote about:“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with 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 widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.
  • 1 Cor 7:25-26 : 25 Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy. 26 Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.
  • 1 Cor 7:35 : 35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 9:1-3 : 1 The Rights of an Apostle 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 I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord. 3 This is my defense to those who examine me.
  • 1 Cor 14:36-37 : 36 Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone? 37 If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so. 9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters, 10 because some say,“His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
  • 2 Pet 3:15-16 : 15 And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, 16 speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:32-39
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    32And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord.

    33But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

    34and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.

    35I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

    36If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.

    37But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

    38So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better.

    39A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes(only someone in the Lord).

  • Rom 7:1-4
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    1The Believer’s Relationship to the Law Or do you not know, brothers and sisters(for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives?

    2For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

    3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

    4So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-17
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    6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

    7I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

    8To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am.

    9But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

    10To the married I give this command– not I, but the Lord– a wife should not divorce a husband

    11(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife.

    12To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.

    13And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him.

    14For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.

    15But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you in peace.

    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation?

    17The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

  • 1 Cor 7:24-29
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    24In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

    25Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.

    26Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

    27The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

    28But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems.

    29And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,

  • 1 Cor 7:1-4
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    1Celibacy and Marriage Now with regard to the issues you wrote about:“It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”

    2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

    3A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

    4It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife.

  • Num 30:6-7
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    6Vows Made by Married Women“And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,

    7and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand.

  • 1 Cor 6:17
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    17But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him.

  • Num 30:9-11
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    9Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.

    10If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

    11and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand.

  • 1 Tim 2:15
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    15But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

  • 1 Cor 11:11
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    11In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

  • 1 Tim 5:6
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    6But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.

  • Deut 24:2
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    2When she has left him she may go and become someone else’s wife.

  • 1 Cor 9:5
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    5Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?

  • 1 Cor 7:20
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    20Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

  • 1 Cor 11:13
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    13Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

  • 1 Cor 14:34
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    34the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.