⁶ I say this as a concession, not as a command.^(A)

⁸ I am not commanding you,^(A) but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

Concerning the Unmarried

²⁵ Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord,^(A) but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy^(B) is trustworthy.

¹² To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord):^(A) If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

¹⁷ In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would,^(A) but as a fool.^(B)