1 Corinthians 7:29

But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:

Darby Translation

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 thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

30and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that 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 39:4Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.

Isaiah 40:6A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof 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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