1 Corinthians 7:30

and they who weep, as not weeping; and they who rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they who buy, as not possessing;

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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, my brethren, that the time now becomes contracted; and they who have wives should be as not having them;

31and they who use this world should not exceed the just use; for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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Cross References

Luke 6:25Woe to you (who are) full, for you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall weep and lament.

John 16:22You also now have sorrow; but again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Revelation 18:7How much she hath pleased herself to be wanton, all this give her suffering and sorrow. For she said in her heart, I sit the queen, and am not a widow, and sorrow I see not.

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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