1 Corinthians 7:31

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

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

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

30and they who weep, as not weeping; and they who rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they who buy, as not possessing;

32Wherefore I would that you be without anxiety; for he who hath not a wife thinketh of the things of his Lord, that so he may please his Lord;

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Cross References

Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord withholdeth to come;

Luke 12:15And he said to his disciples, Beware of all avarice: for life is not in the abundance of riches.

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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