But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
Now to those who have married I command, yet not I, but the Lord: A wife is not to be separated from her husband--
But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not divorce her.
Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord; but I give judgment, as having received mercy by the Lord to be faithful.
But she is more blessed if she remains as she is, in my opinion--and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
I speak not by a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.