1 Corinthians 7:6

But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

5So, do not fail in your obligations to one another, except perhaps by consent, for a limited time, so that you may empty yourselves for prayer. And then, return together again, lest Satan tempt you by means of your abstinence.

7For I would prefer it if you were all like myself. But each person has his proper gift from God: one in this way, yet another in that way.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give counsel, as one who has obtained the mercy of the Lord, so as to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I am saying is not said according to God, but as if in foolishness, in this matter of glorying.

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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