1 Corinthians 7:29

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 7:29

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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;

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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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WEB

World English Bible

But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

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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;

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now I say this, brothers: The time is shortened—so that from now on both those having wives should be as not having,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Corinthians 7

²⁷ Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.

²⁸ But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

²⁹ 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;

³⁰ those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

³¹ and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

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