1 Corinthians 7:6

But I speak this as a concession, and not as a commandment.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Do not deprive one another, except by consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to prayer; and then come together again, that Satan may not tempt you for your lack of self-control.

7For I wish that all men were as I am. But every man has his proper gift from God, one of this type, and another of that.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 11:17That which I am speaking, I do not speak with the Lord's authority, but, as it were, foolishly, in boastful confidence.

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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