我說這話、是按讓步特許的辦法，不是憑詔命說的。

我说这话，原是准你们的，不是命你们的。

我说这话是出于容忍，不是命令。

我说这话是出于容忍，不是命令。

我这番话是准许你们结婚，并不是命令你们结婚。

我说这话是容许你们，并不是命令。

不过我说这话是出于容忍，而不是出于命令。

我說這話，原是准你們的，不是命你們的。

我說這話是出於容忍，不是命令。

我說這話是出於容忍，不是命令。

我這番話是准許你們結婚，並不是命令你們結婚。

我說這話是容許你們，並不是命令。

不過我說這話是出於容忍，而不是出於命令。

我言此、許也、非命也、

我言此、權也、非命也、

我言此、乃所許、非所命也、

然吾作此論、乃係體諒人情、非命令也。

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

I say those things to you as my advice, not as a command.

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

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

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

But this I say by way of concession, not of command.

But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

I say the following as a concession, not as a command.

But I speak this by permission,[ and] not of commandment.

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

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

我這不是當命令說的，我乃是要藉着別人的熱切來試驗你們的愛心是不是真的罷了。

論到童身人、我卻沒有主的詔命；但作為蒙主憐恤、而可信靠的人、我就發表發表意見。

對其餘的人呢、是我說，不是主說的：若有弟兄有不信主的妻子，而妻子又贊同和他同住，他就不要離棄妻子。

我所說的，不是依主的權柄而說的；我是好像有愚氣、憑着這種誇口的自信來說的。