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Butδέshe isἐστινhappierμακαριωτέραifἐὰνshe remainsμείνῃas she is,οὕτωςinκατὰmyτὴν ἐμὴνopinion;γνώμηνandδὲI thinkδοκῶthat I tooκἀγὼhaveἔχεινthe Spiritπνεῦμαof God.θεοῦ
1 Corinthians 7:40
Study it in the app“But she is happier if she remains as she is, in my opinion; and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:40, word by word
- she isἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- happierμακαριωτέραmakariōtera
blessed, happy
Blessed: truly happy, in the condition God blesses. It is the "happy" or "blessed" of the Psalms.
Where else “makariōtera” appears- she remainsμείνῃmeinēi
stay
Not to move from a place, to go on staying there.
Where else “meinēi” appears- myἐμὴνemēn
my, mine
My, mine.
Where else “emēn” appears- opinionγνώμηνgnōmēn
opinion
What one thinks about something, advice.
Where else “gnōmēn” appears- I thinkδοκῶdokō
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokō” appears- that I tooκἀγὼkagō
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kagō” appears- haveἔχεινechein
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echein” appears- the Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma
Spirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears
The context
39A wife is bound for as long a time as her husband lives; but if the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
40 · This verse (above)