1 Corinthians 7:40

The Passion Translation

However, in my opinion (and I think that I too have the Spirit of God), she would be happier if she remained single.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now for my response concerning the issues you’ve asked me to address. You wrote saying, “It is proper for a man to live in celibacy.”

1 Corinthians 7:35

I am trying to help you and make things easier for you and not make things difficult, but so that you would have undistracted devotion, serving the Lord constantly with an undivided heart.

1 Corinthians 7:6

I’m not giving you a divine command, but my godly advice.

1 Corinthians 7:8

So let me say to the unmarried and those who have lost their spouses, it is fine for you to remain single as I am.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become foolish to boast like this, but you have forced me to do it, when you should have boasted in me instead. For there is nothing I lack compared to these “super-apostles” of yours, even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 8:10

So here are my thoughts concerning this matter, and it’s in your best interests. Since you made such a good start last year, both in the grace of giving and in your longing to give,

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction isn’t rejecting human authority but God himself, who gives us his precious gift—his Spirit of holiness.