1 Corinthians 7:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

But unto the married I give charge, yea not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

1 Corinthians 7:12

But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to dwell with him, let him not leave her.

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgement, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

1 Corinthians 7:40

But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgement: and I think that I also have the Spirit of God.

2 Corinthians 11:17

That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.

2 Corinthians 8:8

I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love.