KJV King James Version
But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
WEB World English Bible
But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
ASV American Standard Version
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened—that both those having wives may be as not having;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 7
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 have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30 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;
31 And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΤοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itδέG1161 · dethenφημι,G5346 · phēmito assertἀδελφοί,G80 · adelphosbrotherὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκαιρὸςG2540 · kairostime/right timeσυνεσταλμένοςG4958 · sustellōto wrap upἐστίν·G1510 · eimito beτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoλοιπόνG3063 · loiponhenceforthἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toκαὶG2532 · kaiandοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoἔχοντεςG2192 · echōto have/beγυναῖκαςG1135 · gunēwomanὡςG5613 · hōsas/whenμὴG3361 · mēnotἔχοντεςG2192 · echōto have/beὦσιν,G1510 · eimito be
Cross-references
1 John 2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.1 Corinthians 7:31And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away.Romans 13:11-12And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.Hebrews 13:13-14Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.James 4:13-16Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:Ecclesiastes 12:13-14Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.2 Peter 3:8-9But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.1 Peter 1:24For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:Psalm 39:4-7LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].Ecclesiastes 12:7-8Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.Psalm 103:15-16[As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.Psalm 90:5-10Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.Isaiah 40:6-8The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:Isaiah 24:1-2Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.Job 14:1-2Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble.Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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