1 Corinthians 7:6

Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Do not refuse one another, unless perhaps it is just for a time and by mutual consent, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer and may then associate again; lest the Adversary begin to tempt you because of your deficiency in self-control.

7Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25Concerning unmarried women I have no command to give you from the Lord; but I offer you my opinion, which is that of a man who, through the Lord's mercy, is deserving of your confidence.

2 Corinthians 11:17What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his folly might, in this reckless 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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