“She sometimes referred to the teaching of Paul, who having reached a certain point in his experience, said, ‘But I spare you.’(1 Corinthians 7:28) He knew there were existing conditions that people were living in relations resulting from sin. He also knew that Christ would accept their genuine repentance, and that in many cases it would make matters worse if existing relations were torn up to prepare a way for a reunion with the parties who were incompanionable, so Sister White used to say, ‘But I spare you.’(1 Corinthians 7:28)” (TSB 224.1) MC VC