1 Corinthians 7:30

and those weeping, as not weeping; and those rejoicing, as not rejoicing; and those buying, as not possessing;

Literal Standard Version

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

29And this I say, brothers, the time from now on is having been shortened—that both those having wives may be as not having;

31and those using this world, as not using [it] up; for the [present] form of this world is passing away.

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Cross References

Psalms 30:5For—a moment [is] in His anger, || Life [is] in His goodwill, || At evening remains weeping, and at morning singing.

Ecclesiastes 3:4A time to weep, || And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, || And a time to skip.

Isaiah 30:19For the people in Zion dwell in Jerusalem, || Do not weep—weeping, || Pitying, He pities you at the voice of your cry, || When He hears He answers you.

Luke 6:25Woe to you who have been filled—because you will hunger. Woe to you who are laughing now—because you will mourn and weep.

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

Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself and indulged, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she says, I sit [as] queen, and I am not a widow, and I will not see 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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