By way of permission (κατα συνγνωμην). Old word for pardon, concession, indulgence.

Secundum indulgentiam (Vulgate).…

But I speak this by permission, etc. It is not quite certain whether the word "this," (touto) in this verse, refers to w…

But I speak this by permission.—Better, Now I say this as a permission, and not as a command. As the passage is …

The present tense of the verb “deprive” (GK 691) in the prohibition in v.5 indicates that some at Corinth were practicing a kind of celibacy within…

By permission. So that they might not, by taking their stand on such a precept as he had prescribed, unduly loosen the restraints of lust,…

But I speak this by permission
Referring either to what he had said before, though not to all; not to ([Reference 1 …

The apostle tells the Corinthians that it was good, at that particular time, for Christians to keep themselves single. Yet he says that marriage, a…

After rebuking the fornicator and those who upheld him, the Apostle now begins to discuss marriage. In this regard, he does three things:

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