6. And I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7. For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from Elohim, one in this way and another in that.
8. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am,
9. but if they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn.
10. And to the married I command, not I, but the Master: A wife should not separate from a husband.
11. But if she is indeed separated, let her remain unmarried or be restored to favour with her husband, and let a husband not send away a wife.
12. And to the rest I say, not the Master: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she thinks well to live with him, let him not send her away.
13. And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he thinks well to live with her, let her not send him away.
14. For the unbelieving husband has been set-apart in the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been set-apart in the husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are set-apart.
15. And, if the unbelieving one separates, let him separate himself. A brother or a sister has not been enslaved in such matters. But Elohim has called us to peace.
16. For how do you know, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you shall save your wife?
17. Only, as Elohim has distributed to each one, as the Master has called each one, so let him walk. And so I order in all the assemblies.
18. Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.