6I say this as a concession, not as a command.


In Context

3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.

4 The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.

5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.

7 I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.

8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am.

1st Corinthians 7:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:6But I speak this by indulgence, not by commandment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:6But this I say by way of permission, not of commandment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.