1 Corinthians 7:29

And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;

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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 if you take a wife, you have not sinned. And if a virgin has married, she has not sinned. Even so, such as these will have the tribulation of the flesh. But I would spare you from this.

30and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;

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Cross References

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

Psalms 39:4And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.

Psalms 103:15and wine, in order to cheer the heart of man. Then he may gladden his face with oil, and bread will confirm the heart of man.

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying.

Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us all listen together to the end of the discourse. Fear God, and observe his commandments. This is everything for man.

Isaiah 40:6The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like 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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