1 Corinthians 7:31

And, they who use the world, as though they used it not to the full,—for the fashion of this world passeth away;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 who buy, as though they possessed not,

32And I desire you to be, without anxiety:—the unmarried man, is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

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Cross References

Psalms 73:20As the dream of him that waketh, O my Lord! when rousing thyself up, their shadowy being, wilt thou despise.

Ecclesiastes 2:24There was nothing more blessed for Man [than] that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil,—even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

Ecclesiastes 5:18Lo! what, I myself, have seen—Better that it should be excellent to eat and to drink and to see blessedness, in all one’s toil wherein one toileth under the sun, for the number of the days of his life, in that God hath given it him, for, that, is his portion:

Ecclesiastes 11:2Give a portion to seven, yea even to eight,—for thou canst not know, what there shall be of misfortune, upon the earth.

Matthew 24:48But, if that wicked servant should say in his heart—My master, delayeth,

Luke 12:15And he said unto them—Mind and be guarding yourselves from all covetousness; for not, in one’s abundance, doth his life spring out 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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