1 Corinthians 7:30

and the[plural] weeping as not weeping, and the[plural] joying as not joying, and the[plural] purchasing as not having-according-to[i.e. possessing],

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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

29Moreover, I-am-asserting the-same, brothers. The season having-been-drawn-together, the remaining is-being in-which-place also the[plural] having women may-be-being as not having,

31and the[plural] being-required to{the world, the-same} as not being-required-according-to, for the decorum-effect/scheme of{the world, the-same} is-leading-aside.

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Cross References

Luke 6:25Woe to{you}, the having-been-in-filled, that you-will-hunger. Woe to{you}, the laughing now, that you-will-mourn and you-will-weep.

John 16:22So, and you, on-one-hand now are-having grief; on-the-other-hand, again I-will-see you and the heart of{you} will-be-joyed, and not-one is-lifting from of{you} the joy of{you},

Revelation 18:7As-many-as it-esteem-izes/glorifies same and unrestrains the-which-the-same, give to{same} torture and mourn-ness, that in to{the heart} of{same} it-is-saying that 'I-am-being-seated [a] queen and I-am_not_being [a] widow, and no, I-would_not_behold mourn-ness.'

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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