"But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;" — 1 Corinthians 7:29

1 Corinthians 7:29 · KJV

“But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”

— 1 Corinthians 7:29

Verse 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.

Verse 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;

1 Corinthians 7 — Context

Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

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.

But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

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;

And they that use this world, as not abusing {it}: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

Cross References

1 John 2:17

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Romans 13:11-12

And 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.

1 Corinthians 7:31

And they that use this world, as not abusing {it}: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

Hebrews 13:13-14

Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

James 4:13-16

Go 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 12:13-14

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this {is} the whole {duty} of man. {Let...: or, The end of the matter, even all that hath been heard, is}

1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

2 Peter 3:8-9

But, 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.