1 Corinthians 7:6 - New Revised Standard Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

1 Corinthians 7:6 Tagairtí Cros

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 believer 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 judgment 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 confidence, 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 testing the genuineness of your love against the earnestness of others.