What Does 1 Corinthians 7:6 Mean in the King James?
But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse marks this as a concession, keeping an allowance from being mistaken for a command.
THE MEANING
Here the speaker offers an allowance within the matter under discussion; the words do not carry the force of a command. The distinction lets you hear the scope of the statement without turning every allowance into an obligation.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that every allowance in a spiritual discussion binds everyone as a rule.
THE ROOT
συγγνώμην
syngnōmēn
GROWS FROM
σύν + γνώμη (syn + gnōmē; “with” + “judgment, opinion”)
Concession or allowance, expressed through a word built from “with” and “judgment, opinion.”
“permission” in this verse is syngnōmēn. This is a considered allowance, not an order laid over the reader. The same judgment word appears in 1 Corinthians 7:25, where it is explicitly set beside “commandment.”
ALSO GROWS
gnōmē: judgment, opinion, or purpose
γνώμη
This is the base within συγγνώμη (syngnōmē, concession), linking the allowance to a judgment rather than a command.
ginōskō: know, recognize
γινώσκω
It belongs to the related knowing word family; the concession carries the sense of considered recognition.
ἐπιταγήν
epitagēn
GROWS FROM
τάσσω (tassō), in ἐπιτάσσω (epitassō)
The word belongs to a family meaning to arrange, assign, or order; ἐπιταγή (epitagē) means a command or order.
“commandment” in this verse is epitagēn. The verse sets a considered allowance against the force of an order. English can make both sound like instructions, but the Greek gives them different weight.
ALSO GROWS
tassō: arrange, assign, or order
τάσσω
This is the base verb in the command word’s family, showing its force of putting something in order.
tagma: an assigned order, rank, or formation
τάγμα
This related word names an arranged order, echoing the commandment’s sense of something set in place.
THE PATTERN
An allowance makes room for a situation without carrying the force of a command.
Now 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.I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.THE THREAD
Now 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.Here the word translated “judgment” is γνώμη (gnōmē, judgment), the base within συγγνώμη (syngnōmē, concession). The verse makes the distinction plain: a judgment can be offered without being a commandment.
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