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

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。

我說這話、是按讓步特許的辦法，不是憑詔命說的。

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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