1 Corinthians 7:6

But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Defraud not one another, except, perhaps, by consent, for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and return together again, lest Satan tempt you for your incontinency.

7For I would that all men were even as myself: but every one hath his proper gift from God; one after this manner, and another after that.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give counsel, as having obtained mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I speak not according to God, but as it were 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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