Verse 6

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.
• 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.
• 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.
• 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.