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ButδὲI sayλέγωthisτοῦτοasκατὰa concession,συγγνώμηνnotοὐasκατ’a command.ἐπιταγήν
1 Corinthians 7:6
Study it in the app“But I say this as a concession, not as a command.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:6, word by word
- I sayλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- a concessionσυγγνώμηνsyngnōmēn
concession
Concession: permission given out of understanding, not as a command.
Where else “syngnōmēn” appears- a commandἐπιταγήνepitagēn
command
What someone directs to be done.
Where else “epitagēn” appears
The context
5Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and then be together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 · This verse (above)
7Now I wish all people were as I myself am; but each has his own gift from God, one of one kind, and another of another.