1 Corinthians 7:40

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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Ambrosiaster

AD 400
Paul adds that he has the Spirit of God in order to show that his advice is reliable. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.

Gregory The Dialogist

AD 604
"And I think also that I have the Spirit of God."

Severian of Gabala

AD 425
What Paul means is that she is blessed if she marries and has a husband to protect her, but she is more blessed if, for the sake of piety, she refuses marriage and devotes herself entirely to God. .

Shepherd of Hermas

AD 150
If a wife or a husband falls asleep and the one left marries again, is that a sin? No, but if he remains single he covers himself with greater honor and glory in the sight of the Lord.

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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