1 Corinthians 7:40

Happier. Gr. makarios (see on Matt. 5:3). In view of the times (see on 1 Cor. 7:26), even if a widow could be remarried to a believer, she would be wiser to remain single.

My judgment. See on vs. 10, 12.

Have the Spirit. There seems to be a reference here to certain leaders in the church at Corinth who believed they were inspired. The apostle asserts his belief that he, too, was under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. This statement is therefore a claim that his letters are to be received, not as the opinion of man, but as the divinely ordained wisdom of the living God. It was necessary that Paul should clearly set forth his claim to divine illumination. Thus only could he counteract the instruction given by false teachers at Corinth, and thus only could he lay down regulations for the government of the Corinthian believers that would fortify them against the special temptations to which they were exposed.