1 Corinthians 7:31

and they who use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 though they wept not; and they who rejoice as though they rejoiced not; and they that purchase as though they possessed not;

32But I would have you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord:

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Cross References

Matthew 24:48But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes;

Luke 12:15Then said he to them, Beware, and be on your guard against covetousness; for a man’s life doth not depend on the abundance of his possessions.

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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