and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.
And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does the will of God remains for ever.
The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer.
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring #– #what your life will be! For you are like vapour that appears for a little while, then vanishes.
‘Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
What then is my reward? To preach the gospel and offer it free of charge and not make full use of my rights in the gospel.
Give a portion to seven or even to eight, for you don’t know what disaster may happen on earth.
A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever.
This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited, so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,
those who weep as though they did not weep, those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, those who buy as though they didn’t own anything,
This expression, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of what can be shaken #– #that is, created things #– #so that what is not shaken might remain.