6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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.
7:6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7:6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.
7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7:6But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.
7:6But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.
7:6But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.
7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
7:6and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
7:6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.