A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 7:40
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But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 7:38
So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
- 1 Corinthians 7:39
The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.