But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
I am not issuing any orders, only using the zeal of others to prove how sterling your own love is.
I have no orders from the Lord for unmarried women, but I will give you the opinion of one whom you can trust, after all the Lord's mercy to him.
To other people I would say (not the Lord): — if any brother has a wife who is not a believer, and if she consents to live with him, he must not put her away;
(What I am now going to say is not inspired by the Lord: I am in the role of a 'fool,' now, on this business of boasting.
For married people these are my instructions (and they are the Lord's, not mine). A wife is not to separate from her husband —
However, she is happier if she remains as she is; that is my opinion — and I suppose I have the Spirit of God as well as other people!