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1 Corinthians 7:6

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

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

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1 Corinthians 7:6 in context

  1. 4The wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power over his own body, but the wife.
  2. 5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be by consent for a season, that ye may give yourselves unto prayer, and may be together again, that Satan tempt you not because of your incontinency.
  3. 6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
  4. 7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.
  5. 8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.