1 Corinthians 7:6

and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;

7for I wish all men to be even as I myself [am]; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:25And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the 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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