But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.
Parallel translations
- KJV But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
- BSB In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
- NKJV But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
- NASB But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.
- NLT But in my opinion it would be better for her to stay single, and I think I am giving you counsel from God’s Spirit when I say this.
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Cross-references · 11
- 1 Cor 7:25–26Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
- 1 Cor 7:1Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.
- 1 Cor 7:8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.
- 1 Cor 7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
- 2 Cor 12:11I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
- 2 Cor 10:8–10For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
- 1 Th 4:8Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
- 1 Cor 7:35This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.
- 2 Pet 3:15–16Regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you;
- 1 Cor 14:36–37What!? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?
- 1 Cor 9:1–3Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?
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