1 Corinthians 7:40

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Summary

1 Corinthians 7:40

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

She

1 Corinthians 7:1

I think

2 Peter 3:15

General references

Job 32:10

Matthew 19:10

Bible References

She

Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

I think

Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who

by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy.

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

Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only?

For even if I boast somewhat further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,

I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

General references

“So I say, ‘Listen to me,
I too will tell what I think.’

The disciples *said to Him, “If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry.”