Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
But she will be happier if she remains as she is [i.e., single]. This is my advice and I think that I, too, have God's Holy Spirit.
New American Standard Bible
But
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.
Holman Bible
But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
International Standard Version
However, in my opinion she will be happier if she stays as she is. And in saying this, I think that I, too, have God's Spirit.
A Conservative Version
But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have Spirit of God.
American Standard Version
But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Amplified
But in my opinion a widow is happier if she stays as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God [in this matter].
Anderson New Testament
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I have, also, the Spirit of God.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Common New Testament
But in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but she will be happier, if she remain a widow, in my opinion: and I think the divine spirit suggests the same.
Darby Translation
But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that I also have God's Spirit.
Godbey New Testament
But she is happier if she may so remain, according to my opinion: but I realize that I truly have the Spirit of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
But she will be happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is, and I think I have God's spirit as well as other people.
John Wesley New Testament
But she is happier, if she continue as she is, in my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And she is happier if she so remain, according to my opinion: and I also think to have the Spirit of God.
King James 2000
But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But she is happier if she remains thus, according to my opinion--and I think I have the Spirit of God.
Modern King James verseion
But she is happier if she so remains, according to my judgment. And I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But she is happier if she so abide, in my judgement. And I think verily that I have the spirit of God.
Moffatt New Testament
However, she is happier if she remains as she is; that is my opinion ??and I suppose I have the Spirit of God as well as other people!
Montgomery New Testament
But she is happier, in my judgment, if she remains as she is; and I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.
NET Bible
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!
New Heart English Bible
But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
Noyes New Testament
But she is happier if she remain as she is, in my opinion; and I too think that I have the Spirit of God.
Sawyer New Testament
But she is happier if she continues thus, in my opinion, and I think also I have the Spirit of God.
The Emphasized Bible
But, happier, is she, if, so, she remain, - in my judgment; for I think, I also, have the Spirit of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But she is more blessed if she abide as she is, in my opinion: and I think I have the spirit of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Yet she will be happier if she remains as she is-in my opinion, for I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Webster
But she is happier if she so remain, after my judgment; and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
Weymouth New Testament
But in my judgement, her state is a more enviable one if she remains as she is; and I also think that I have the Spirit of God.
Williams New Testament
But in my opinion she will be happier, if she remains as she is, and I think too that I have God's Spirit.
World English Bible
But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.
Worrell New Testament
But she is happier, if she abides as she is, according to my judgment; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
Worsley New Testament
but she is happier, in my opinion, if she continue as she is: and I think I have the Spirit of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
and she is happier if she may so remain -- according to my judgment; and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 7:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning The Unmarried
39 A wife is bound [i.e., to stay married] for as long as her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to anyone she wants; [but it must be] only in the Lord [i.e., he must be a faithful Christian]. 40 But she will be happier if she remains as she is [i.e., single]. This is my advice and I think that I, too, have God's Holy Spirit.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1
I now want to reply to the matters you people wrote me about. It is [a] good [idea] for a man not to get married. [Note: The words "to get married" here are "to touch" in the Greek and probably refer to sexual relations within marriage. This advice, not a prohibition, is further explained in verses 26-35].
1 Corinthians 7:6
But I am telling you this by way of [granting you] permission and not as a command.
1 Corinthians 7:8
Now to those people who are not married [Note: This probably refers to all unmarried people, and not just to widowers, as some think], or who are widows, I say it is [a] good [idea] for them to remain like me [i.e., single. See verse
1 Corinthians 7:25-26
Now I have no command from the Lord concerning [what you wrote about] unmarried women. [Note: The word here is "virgins" but some think it includes both males and females]. But I give my advice as someone who has received the Lord's mercy to be counted trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 7:35
Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to put [unreasonable] restrictions on you, but that you may do whatever is proper and devote yourselves to the Lord's service without distraction.
1 Corinthians 9:1-3
Am I not a free man? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? [See Acts 9:17; I Cor. 15:8]. Are you people not [the result of] my work in [the service of] the Lord?
1 Corinthians 14:36-37
Did the message of God originate from you [i.e., the church in Corinth]? Or, were you people the only ones who received it?
2 Corinthians 10:8-10
For even if I should boast too much about the authority the Lord gave us for building you people up [spiritually], and not tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have become foolish [i.e., by my boasting], but you made me do it [i.e., in order to vindicate myself]. For I should have been commended by you [i.e., for my effective ministry there in Corinth], because I was not inferior in any way to those "super apostles" [See 11:5], even though I am nothing.
1 Thessalonians 4:8
So, the person who rejects [this exhortation] is not [merely] rejecting what man says but God [Himself], who gives His Holy Spirit to you.
2 Peter 3:15-16
And consider [that] the patience of the Lord means [further opportunities for] salvation, [just] as our dearly loved brother Paul also wrote to you, using the wisdom given to him by God.