1 Corinthians 7:40 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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 Tagairtí Cros

1 Corinthians 7:1

Now in response to the matters you wrote  about: ‘It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.’

1 Corinthians 7:35

I am saying this for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is proper and so that you may be devoted to the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:6

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

1 Corinthians 7:8

I say to the unmarried  and to widows:  It is good for them if they remain as I am.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 13:3

since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me.  He is not weak in dealing with you, but powerful among you.

2 Corinthians 8:10

And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.