That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;
And to the rest I speak -- not the Lord -- if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:
and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,
O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me:
lest if Macedonians may come with me, and find you unprepared, we -- we may be put to shame (that we say not -- ye) in this same confidence of boasting.