1 Corinthians 7:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ I mean, brothers and sisters, the appointed time has grown short; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ I mean, brethren, the appointed time has been winding down and it has grown very short. From now on, let even those who have wives be as if they had none,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

Common English Bible

²⁹ This is what I’m saying, brothers and sisters: The time has drawn short. From now on, those who have wives should be like people who don’t have them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And so, this is what I say, brothers: The time is short. What remains of it is such that: those who have wives should be as if they had none;

1 Corinthians 7:29 Cross References

1 John 2:17

And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.

1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.

1 Peter 1:24

For “All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day draws near; let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude.

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you marry, you do not sin, and if a virgin marries, she does not sin. Yet those who marry will experience distress in the flesh, and I would spare you that.

1 Corinthians 7:30

and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no possessions,

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai said to the king, “How many years have I still to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

Luke 14:20

Another said, ‘I have just been married, and therefore I cannot come.’