Am I expressing merely a human opinion, or does the law say the same thing?

我说这话，岂是照人的意见；律法不也是这样说吗？

我说这些话岂是照一般人的看法？律法不也是这样说吗？

我说这些话岂是照一般人的看法？律法不也是这样说吗？

我这样说难道只是人的观点吗？律法不也是这样说的吗？

我说这话，不是照着人的意见，律法不也是这样说吗？

我说这些话，难道是按人的意思吗？律法不也是说这些话吗？

我說這話，豈是照人的意見；律法不也是這樣說嗎？

我說這些話豈是照一般人的看法？律法不也是這樣說嗎？

我說這些話豈是照一般人的看法？律法不也是這樣說嗎？

我這樣說難道只是人的觀點嗎？律法不也是這樣說的嗎？

我說這話，不是照著人的意見，律法不也是這樣說嗎？

這些話、我豈是照人的意見說的呢？律法不也是這樣說麼？

我說這些話，難道是按人的意思嗎？律法不也是說這些話嗎？

我豈依人而言、律非亦如是言乎、

吾言此、豈若人言、律法不言如是乎、

我言此、豈如人言、律法不亦如是言乎、

夫吾作斯言、豈徒循乎人情而已哉；即律法亦何嘗不有此明定乎。

Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

Do I say this only on human authority? The Law says the same thing.

Do I say these things on human authority? Does not the Law say the same?

Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

I am not just asserting these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does the Law not say these things as well?

Do I say these things as a mere man? Or does not the law say the same also?

Do I speak these things after the manner of men? or saith not the law also the same?

Am I saying this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well?

Do I speak these things according to the ways of men? Or doesn’t the law also say the same thing?

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

Because of the weakness of your human nature, I am using the illustration of slavery to help you understand all this. Previously, you let yourselves be slaves to impurity and lawlessness, which led ever deeper into sin. Now you must give yourselves to be slaves to righteous living so that you will become holy.

Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God— which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.

Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.

But in my opinion it would be better for her to stay single, and I think I am giving you counsel from God’s Spirit when I say this.

Women should be silent during the church meetings. It is not proper for them to speak. They should be submissive, just as the law says.