Parallel Verses
Worsley New Testament
But I say this by way of permission, not of command:
New American Standard Bible
But this I say by way of concession,
King James Version
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Holman Bible
I say the following
International Standard Version
But I say this as a concession, not as a command.
A Conservative Version
But I say this from concession not from commandment.
American Standard Version
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Amplified
But I am saying this as a concession, not as a command.
An Understandable Version
But I am telling you this by way of [granting you] permission and not as a command.
Anderson New Testament
But this I say by permission, not by commandment:
Bible in Basic English
But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.
Common New Testament
I say this by way of concession, not of command.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but as for the rest, I speak it by way of counsel, and not of command.
Darby Translation
But this I say, as consenting to, not as commanding it.
Godbey New Testament
But I speak this according to knowledge, not according to commandment.
Goodspeed New Testament
But I mean this as a concession, not a command.
John Wesley New Testament
But I say this by way of advice, not by way of precept. For I would that all men were even as myself:
Julia Smith Translation
And this I say according to indulgence, not according to order.
King James 2000
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But I say this as a concession, not as a command.
Modern King James verseion
But I speak this according to permission, not according to commandment.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This I say of favour, not of commandment.
Moffatt New Testament
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
Montgomery New Testament
But what I have just said is by way of concession, not command.
NET Bible
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
New Heart English Bible
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Noyes New Testament
But I say this by way of permission, not command.
Sawyer New Testament
But this I say by suggestion, not by command.
The Emphasized Bible
This, however I am saying, by way of concession, not of injunction;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But in this I speak my opinion only, not authoritatively.
Twentieth Century New Testament
I say this, however, as a concession, not as a command.
Webster
But I speak this by permission, and not as a commandment.
Weymouth New Testament
Thus much in the way of concession, not of command.
Williams New Testament
But I say this by way of concession, not by way of command.
World English Bible
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
Worrell New Testament
But this I say by way of permission, not of command.
Youngs Literal Translation
and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 7:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning Christian Marriage
5 Do not withdraw from one another, unless by consent for a season, that ye may attend to fasting and prayer: and come together again, least Satan tempt you through your incontinency. 6 But I say this by way of permission, not of command: 7 for I could wish that all men were as I myself am; but every man hath his proper gift from God, one of one kind and another of another?
Cross References
2 Corinthians 8:8
I speak not by way of command, but to prove the sincerity of your love also, by means of the forwardness of others.
1 Corinthians 7:12
But to the rest say I, not the Lord, If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she like to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians 7:25
But concerning single persons I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgement as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
2 Corinthians 11:17
What I speak I speak not as from the Lord, but as in weakness, in this confidence of boasting.