1 Corinthians 7:40 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴⁰ But in my opinion she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ But in my opinion [a widow] is happier (more blessed and to be envied) if she does not remarry. And also I think I have the Spirit of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ But in my opinion, she will be happier if she stays the way she is. And I think that I have God’s Spirit too.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ But she will be more blessed, if she remains in this state, in accord with my counsel. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel; and I think that I also have the spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 7:40 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: “It is good for a man not to touch a woman.”

1 Corinthians 7:35

I say this for your own benefit, not to put any restraint upon you but to promote good order and unhindered devotion to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:6

This I say by way of concession, not of command.

1 Corinthians 7:8

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

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you desire proof that Christ is speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful in you.

2 Corinthians 8:10

And in this matter I am giving my opinion: it is beneficial for you who began last year not only to do something but even to desire to do something.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.