1 Corinthians 7:6

But I say these things to you as a concession and not as a command.

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

In Context

5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement and for a specific period of time. Do this so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then you should come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

7I wish that everyone were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God. One has this kind of gift, and another that kind.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning those who never married, I have no commandment from the Lord. But I give my opinion as one who, by the Lord's mercy, is trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I am saying with this boastful confidence—I am not talking the way the Lord would—I am saying as a fool.

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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