But to those already married my instructions are--yet not mine, but the Lord's--that a wife is not to leave her husband;

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope:

And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:

and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me."

Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.