1 Corinthians 7:6

Julia E. Smith Translation 1876

And this I say according to indulgence, not according to order.

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And to the married I announce, (not I, but the Lord,) The wife not to be separated from the husband:

And to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and she assents to dwell with him, let him not send her away.

But for virgins I have not an order of the Lord: and I give an opinion as compassionated by the Lord to be faithful.

And she is happier if she so remain, according to my opinion: and I also think to have the Spirit of God.

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in madness, in this first principle of boasting.

I speak not according to command, but by care of others, trying also the purity of your love.