Verse 6

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

Referenced Verses

• 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
• 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 To the rest I say– I, not the Lord– if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.
• 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Remaining Unmarried With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy.
• 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.