6. and this I say by way of concurrence--not of command,
7. for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
8. And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I [am];
9. and if they have not continence--let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn;
10. and to the married I announce--not I, but the Lord--let not a wife separate from a husband:
11. but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.
12. And to the rest I speak--not the Lord--if any brother hath a wife unbelieving, and she is pleased to dwell with him, let him not send her away;
13. and a woman who hath a husband unbelieving, and he is pleased to dwell with her, let her not send him away;