1 Corinthians 7:6

But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Defraude not one another, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may giue your selues to fasting and praier, and againe come together that Satan tempt you not for your incontinecie.

7For I woulde that all men were euen as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, and another after that.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commandement of the Lord: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hath obtained mercie of the Lord to be faithfull.

2 Corinthians 11:17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

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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