1 Corinthians 7:40 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

More versions

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 things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1 Corinthians 7:35

And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 13:3

seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

2 Corinthians 8:10

And herein I give my judgement: for this is expedient for you, who were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do, but also to will.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.