1 Corinthians 7:6

New King James Version

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.

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I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love by the diligence of others.

Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy.

But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her.

What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband.

But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.