⁶ I say this as a concession, not as a command.

⁸ I am not commanding you to do this. But I am testing how genuine your love is by comparing it with the eagerness of the other churches.

²⁵ Now regarding your question about the young women who are not yet married. I do not have a command from the Lord for them. But the Lord in his mercy has given me wisdom that can be trusted, and I will share it with you.

¹² Now, I will speak to the rest of you, though I do not have a direct command from the Lord. If a fellow believer^[a] has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to continue living with him, he must not leave her.

¹⁷ Such boasting is not from the Lord, but I am acting like a fool.