But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
But to the married I give orders, though not I but the Lord, that the wife may not go away from her husband
But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.
Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.
What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.