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1 Corinthians 7:6

But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.

7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own 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 my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence 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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