39 [a]The wife is bound by the [b]law, as long as her husband (A)liveth: but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to marry with whom she will, only in the [c]Lord.

40 But she is more blessed, if she so abide in my judgment: (B)and I think that I have also the Spirit of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:39 That which he spake of a widower, he speaketh now of a widow, to wit, that she may marry again, so that she do it in the fear of God: and yet he dissembleth not, but saith, that if she remain still a widow, she shall be void of many cares.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:39 By the law of marriage.
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:39 Religiously, and in the fear of God.

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