Verse 6

1 Corinthians 7:6

American Standard Version

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

Original Language Text

greek

τοῦτο δὲ λέγω κατὰ συγγνώμην, οὐ κατ’ ἐπιταγήν.

English Translation

But this I say with permission, not by command.

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Chapter 7 Context

1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Focus ↗

2 But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husban... Focus ↗

3 Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. Focus ↗

4 The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not p... Focus ↗

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto... Focus ↗

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

7 Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. Focus ↗

9 But if they have not continency, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. Focus ↗

10 But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her hus... Focus ↗

11 (but should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and that th... Focus ↗

12 But to the rest say I, not the Lord: If any brother hath an unbelieving wife, and she is content to... Focus ↗

13 And the woman that hath an unbelieving husband, and he is content to dwell with her, let her not lea... Focus ↗

14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the... Focus ↗

15 Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in... Focus ↗

16 For how knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? Or how knowest thou, O husband, w... Focus ↗

17 Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God (Elohim) hath called each, so let him walk. A... Focus ↗

18 Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in unci... Focus ↗

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God (... Focus ↗

20 Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. Focus ↗

21 Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it]... Focus ↗

22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord`s freedman: likewise he that was... Focus ↗

23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. Focus ↗

24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God (Elohim). Focus ↗

25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath o... Focus ↗

26 I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely,] that it is... Focus ↗

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife. Focus ↗

28 But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such... Focus ↗

29 But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be a... Focus ↗

30 and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; a... Focus ↗

31 and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth awa... Focus ↗

32 But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lo... Focus ↗

33 but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife, Focus ↗

34 and is divided. [So] also the woman that is unmarried and the virgin is careful for the things of th... Focus ↗

35 And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seem... Focus ↗

36 But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin [daughter], if she be pa... Focus ↗

37 But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his o... Focus ↗

38 So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her... Focus ↗

39 A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to b... Focus ↗

40 But she is happier if she abide as she is, after my judgment: and I think that I also have the Spiri... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Corinthians
Chapter: Chapter 7 (40 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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