1 Corinthians 7:31

Easy To Read Version

People who use the things of the world should live like those things are not important to them. You should live like this, because this world, the way it is now, will soon be gone.

Cross References

Psalm 39:6

Our life is like an image \{in a mirror\}. {\cf2\super [239]} \par We rush through life collecting things,\par but we don’t know who will get them\par \{after we die\}.\par

Psalm 73:20

Lord, those people will be like a dream\par that we forget when we wake up.\par You will make those people disappear\par like the monsters in our dreams.\par

Ecclesiastes 1:4

People live and people die. But the earth continues forever.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Invest what you have in several different things. {\cf2\super [42]} You don’t know what bad things might happen on earth.

Luke 21:34

“Be careful! Don’t spend your time drinking and getting drunk. Or don’t be too busy with worldly things. If you do that, you will not be able to think right. And then the end might come when you are not ready.

1 Corinthians 7:29

Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: We don’t have much time left. So starting now, people who have wives should use their time \{to serve the Lord\} like they don’t have wives.

1 Corinthians 7:30

People who are sad should live like they are not sad. People who are happy should live like they are not happy. People who buy things should live like they own nothing.

1 Corinthians 9:18

So what do I get for doing this work? This is my reward: that when I tell people the Good News I can offer it to them for free. This way, I don’t use the right \{to be paid\} that I have in \{this work of telling\} the Good News.

Hebrews 12:27

The words “once again” clearly show us that everything that was made will be destroyed. Those are the things that can be shaken. And only the things that cannot be shaken will continue.

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture {\cf2\super [12]} says,

1 Peter 4:7

The time is near when all things will end. So keep your minds clear, and control yourselves. This will help you to pray.

1 John 2:17

The world is passing away. And all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever.