1 Corinthians 7:40
Good News Translation
She will be happier, however, if she stays as she is. That is my opinion, and I think that I too have God's Spirit.

New Revised Standard Version
But in my judgment she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Contemporary English Version
However, I think I am obeying God's Spirit when I say she would be happier to stay single.

New American Bible
She is more blessed, though, in my opinion, if she remains as she is, and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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1 Corinthians 7:1,8,26,35 Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. . . .

I think.

1 Corinthians 7:25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

1 Corinthians 9:1-3 Am I not I free? Am not I an apostle? Have not I seen Christ Jesus our Lord? Are not you my work in the Lord? . . .

1 Corinthians 14:36,37 Or did the word of God come out from you? Or came it only unto you? . . .

2 Corinthians 10:8-10 For if also I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the Lord hath given us unto edification and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.

1 Thessalonians 4:8 Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.

2 Peter 3:15,16 And account the longsuffering of our Lord, salvation: as also our most dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath written to you: . . .

Context
The Unmarried and Widowed
39A woman is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth: but if her husband die, she is at liberty. Let her marry to whom she will: only in the Lord. 40But more blessed shall she be, if she so remain, according to my counsel. And I think that I also have the spirit of God.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:6
But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:25
Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 8:10
And herein I give my advice: for this is profitable for you who have begun not only to do but also to be willing, a year ago.

2 Corinthians 13:3
Do you seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me, who towards you is not weak, but is mighty in you?

1 Corinthians 7:39
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