1 Corinthians 7:6

But I speak this according to knowledge, not according to commandment.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Do not defraud one another, unless it may be with consent for a time, that you may give attention to prayer, and again come together, in order that Satan may not tempt you on account of your incontinency.

7But I wish that all men were even as myself; but each one has his own gift from God, some one, and some another.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25But concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give knowledge, as one having obtained mercy from the Lord to be faithful.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I say, I am not saying according to the Lord, but as it were in folly, 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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