⁶ But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

¹⁰ And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

¹² But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

²⁵ Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

³⁵ And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

⁴⁰ But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.