1 Corinthians 7:30

let those who weep be as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they did not possess,

Montgomery New Testament

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

29Indeed, brothers, the time that remains to us has been shortened; so let those who have wives live as if they had none,

31and those who use the world as though using it sparingly. For the present phase of the world is passing away.

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Cross References

Luke 6:25"Woe unto you who are full now! For you shall suffer hunger. "Woe to you who are laughing now! For you shall wail and weep.

John 16:22"So you also have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy shall no man snatch away from you.

Revelation 18:7By so much as she glorified herself and waxed wanton, By so much give her of torture and tears, For she says in her heart, ‘I sit here a queen, I am no widow. I shall in no wise see mourning.’

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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