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1 Corinthians 7:40
“But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God's Spirit.”
Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 7
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 whoever she desires, only in the Lord.
40
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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