1 Corinthians 7:31
and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
Berean Standard Bible
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
Cross References
Psalms 73:20Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.
Ecclesiastes 2:24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:18Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
Ecclesiastes 11:2Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
Luke 12:15And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in 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 →