English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 7:6
6Now as a concession, not a command, I say this.
1 Corinthians 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
- New International Version (NIV)I say this as a concession, not as a command.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I say this as a concession, not as a command.
Context of 1 Corinthians 7:6
4For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. Now as a concession, not a command, I say this. 7I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another. 8To the unmarried and the widows I say that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.
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τοῦτο δὲ λέγω κατὰ συγγνώμην οὐ κατ᾽ ἐπιταγήν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 7:6
- 1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine.
- 2 Corinthians 11:17What I am saying with this boastful confidence, I say not as the Lord would but as a fool.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I speak this by permission, etc. - It was a constant custom of the more conscientious rabbins, to make a difference between the things which they enjoined on their own judgment, and those which they built on the authority of the law. Thus Rabbi Tancum: "The washing of hands before meat is in our own power; washing after meat is commanded." In relation to this point Dr. Lightfoot produces some examples from the Jewish writers: "The man is commanded…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6But I speak this by permission - It is not quite certain whether the word “this” ( ͂ touto), in this verse, refers to what precedes, or to what follows. On this commentators are divided. The more natural and obvious interpretation would be to refer it to the preceding statement. I am inclined to think that the mare natural construction is the true one. and that Paul refers to what he had said in 1 Corinthians 7:5. Most recent commentators, as Macknight…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Paul prefers being single, but he acknowledges that both marriage and being single are gifts from God to different people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. by permission ... not of commandment--not by God's permission to me to say it: but, "by way of permission to you, not as a commandment." "This" refers to the directions, 1Co 7:2-5.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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