⁶ and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,

⁸ not according to command do I speak, but because of the diligence of others, and of your love proving the genuineness,

¹² 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;

²⁵ 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:

¹⁷ That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;