Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
But I am saying this more as a matter of permission and concession, not as a command or regulation.
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
I’m saying this to give you permission; it’s not a command.
But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.
But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
To the married I give this charge (not I, but the Lord): the wife should not separate from her husband
To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
Now concerning the betrothed, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
Yet in my judgment she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.