Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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1 Corinthians 7:12
To the rest it is I who am speaking, not the Lord. If any brother has a wife who is not a believer, if he is willing to live with her, let him not send her away.
2 Corinthians 8:8
I do not say this by way of command, but by the zeal of others I am trying to prove the reality of your love.
2 Corinthians 11:17
What I am about to say I am not speaking by the Lord's command, but as it were in pure folly, in this boldness of boasting.