NAS: But this I say by way of concession, not of command.
KJV: But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
GWT: What I have just said is not meant as a command but as a suggestion.
ASV: But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
BBE: But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
DBY: But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.
DRB: But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
WBS: But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.
WEB: But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
YLT: and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,