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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
My assertion is that (in the vein of many religious writings being of or under cultural/political influence) the verse is simply a suggestion for the times by the writer who is giving his opinion. Same goes for so many of the things written by Paul taken by various Churches to be written-in-stone guidelines for how one must lead their lives or structure their entire religion when Paul himself basically says of many things that these are his words and not from God, therefore not divinely inspired and merely his opinion on issues asked of him.
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I believe Paul only stated once that it was his words rather than the Lords. This was during instructions on marriage. I believe that he was differentiating between Christ's instructions which he had been quoting and
his own given under authority as an Apostle.
The question of how aware Paul and the other writers of the New Testament were that their writings would become canon is an interesting one. Peter calls Paul's letters scriptures but, were either of them aware while writing what they were producing?