1 Corinthians 7:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ This I say by way of concession, not of command.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But I am saying this more as a matter of permission and concession, not as a command or regulation.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

Common English Bible

⁶ I’m saying this to give you permission; it’s not a command.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But I am saying this, neither as an indulgence, nor as a commandment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:6 Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:10

To the married I give this command—not I but the Lord—that the wife should not separate from her husband

1 Corinthians 7:12

To the rest I say—I and not the Lord—that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But in my opinion she is more blessed if she remains as she is. And I think that I, too, have the Spirit of God.

2 Corinthians 11:17

What I am saying in regard to this boastful undertaking, I am saying not with the Lord’s authority but as a fool;

2 Corinthians 8:8

I do not say this as a command, but I am, by mentioning the eagerness of others, testing the genuineness of your love.