1 Corinthians 7:6
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But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.I say this as a concession, not as a command.
In other translations
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.I say this as a concession, not as a command.
Greek words
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Related verses
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.
- 1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
- 1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
- 2 Corinthians 11:17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
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