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1 Corinthians 7:6

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But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 8:8Rank 1 from verse 6
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    8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.

  2. 1 Corinthians 7:25Rank 2 from verse 6
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    25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.

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    12But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.

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    17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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1 Corinthians 7:6

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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commandment

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Sense 1: An authoritative command, charge, order, or precept to be obeyed. Sense 2: One of the ten commandments.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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5Defraud 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.

6But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.

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7For 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.

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