1 Corinthians 7:6

But in this I speak my opinion only, not authoritatively.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Defraud not one another, except it may be by consent occasionally, that ye may have more leisure for fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you through your incontinence.

7For I would that all men were even as myself: but every man hath his peculiar gift from God, one of this sort, and another of that.

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Cross References

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

2 Corinthians 11:17What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly in this confidence of 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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