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

¹⁰ To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.^(A)

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.

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.

³⁵ I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided^(A) devotion to the Lord.

⁴⁰ In my judgment,^(A) she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.