1 Corinthians 7:31

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

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

In Context

30and 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:

32But I would have you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

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Cross References

Matthew 24:48But if that wicked servant shall say in his heart, My master delays his coming;

Luke 12:15And he said to them: Take heed and beware of covetousness; for a man’s life depends not on the abundance of his possessions.

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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