7:12 To the rest I say – I, not the Lord 1 – if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her.
7:17 Nevertheless, 2 as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.
1 sn I, not the Lord. Here and in v. 10 Paul distinguishes between his own apostolic instruction and Jesus’ teaching during his earthly ministry. In vv. 12-16, Paul deals with a situation about which the Lord gave no instruction in his earthly ministry.
2 tn Or “only”; Grk “if not.”