1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

In Context

5Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.

7It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:2-10

Against Fornication. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except… Read the whole commentary →

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