NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 40

1 Corinthians 7:40

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But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

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1 Corinthians 7:37–40

37

But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no urgency, but has power over his own will, and has determined in his own heart to keep his own virgin, does well.

38

So then both he who gives his own virgin in marriage does well, and he who doesn’t give her in marriage does better.

39

A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.

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But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

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