So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.
I was waiting for your words, I was giving ear to your wise sayings; while you were searching out what to say,
It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
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.