1 Corinthians 7:40

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1 Corinthians 7:38–40 · Berean Standard Bible

38 So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.

39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

40 In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

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1 Corinthians 7:1

Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.

1 Corinthians 7:8

Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.

1 Corinthians 7:26

Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

1 Corinthians 7:35

I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 9:1

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?

1 Corinthians 9:2

Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 9:3

This is my defense to those who scrutinize me:

1 Corinthians 14:36

Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

1 Corinthians 14:37

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

2 Corinthians 10:9

I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

2 Corinthians 10:10

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 3:15

Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

2 Peter 3:16

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.