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1 Corinthians 7:6

Marriage

4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

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

7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

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

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BSB
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
KJV
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
WEB
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
ASV
But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.
DARBY
But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].
BLB
Now I say this by way of concession, not by way of command.
ÅB
Dette sier jeg som tillatelse, ikke som påbud;
OTB
Jeg sier dette som et forslag, ikke som en befaling.
B1930
Dette sier jeg som tillatelse, ikke som påbud;

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