1 Corinthians 7:30

and those who weep, as though they wept not; and those who rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those who buy, as though they possessed not:

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;

In Context

29Now, this I say, brethren, the time is fraught with trials. It remains that those who have wives be as though they had them not;

31and those who use this world, as not abusing it; for the outward show of this world passes away.

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Cross References

Luke 6:25Alas for you that are full! for you shall be hungry. Alas for you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

John 16:22You, therefore, have sorrow now; but I shall see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

Revelation 18:7As much glory and voluptuousness as she has given to herself, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

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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