1 Corinthians 7:29

But this I say, brothers, the time is shortened. It is the remaining, so that also those who have wives may be as not having,

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In The King James Version

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

In Context

28But also if thou did marry thou have not sinned, and if the virgin married she has not sinned. Yet such kind will have stress in the flesh, but I spare you.

30and those who weep, as not weeping, and those who rejoice, as not rejoicing, and those who buy, as not possessing,

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34And Barzillai said to the king, How many are the days of the years of my life that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Psalms 39:4LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Let me know how frail I am.

Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.

Ecclesiastes 12:13[This is] the end of the matter, all has been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man.

Isaiah 40:6The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness of it is as the flower of the field.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:26-36

Prudential Directions to Virgins. ( a. d. 57.) 25 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. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall… Read the whole commentary →

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