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


In Context

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;

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:6I say this as a concession, not as a command.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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