6and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
6and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
3 to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;
4 the wife over her own body hath not authority, but the husband; and, in like manner also, the husband over his own body hath not authority, but the wife.
5 Defraud not one another, except by consent for a time, that ye may be free for fasting and prayer, and again may come together, that the Adversary may not tempt you because of your incontinence;
6 and this I say by way of concurrence — not of command,
7 for I wish all men to be even as I myself am; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.
8 And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I am;
7:6But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
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.
7:6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.