1 Corinthians 7:6
King James Version (KJV)
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
In context
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 it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
1 Corinthians 7:6 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
- WEB World English Bible
- But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
- DBY Darby Translation
- But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].
- WBS Webster Bible
- But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.