1 Corinthians 7:6

American King James Version (1999)

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

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And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

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

That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.