6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
6I say this as a concession, not as a command.
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.
7:6But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
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.