I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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.

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.

That which I speak, I speak {it} not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

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.

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.

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

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

That which I speak, I speak {it} not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.