# 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"