1 Corinthians 7:29

What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

Majority Standard Bible

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 do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

30those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

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Cross References

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

Psalms 39:4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.

Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;

Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers 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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