560 B
560 B
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord
Paul knows no teaching of Jesus that speaks about this situation. Alternate translation: "The Lord has not commanded me to say anything to people who have never married"
virgins
This is probably a synecdoche for anyone who has never married. Alternate translation: "people who have never married" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)
I give my opinion
"I tell you what I think"
as one who, by the Lord's mercy, is trustworthy
"because, by the Lord's mercy, I am trustworthy"