1 Corinthians 7:29

New Century Version

Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: We do not have much time left. So starting now, those who have wives should live as if they had no wives.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:34

But Barzillai answered the king, “Do you know how old I am? Do you think I can go with you to Jerusalem?

Ecclesiastes 6:12

People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever work you do, do your best, because you are going to the grave, where there is no working, no planning, no knowledge, and no wisdom.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time has come; the day has arrived. Don’t let the buyer be happy or the seller be sad, because my burning anger is against the whole crowd.

Luke 14:20

A third person said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’

1 Corinthians 7:28

But if you decide to marry, you have not sinned. And if a girl who has never married decides to marry, she has not sinned. But those who marry will have trouble in this life, and I want you to be free from trouble.

1 Corinthians 7:30

Those who are crying should live as if they were not crying. Those who are happy should live as if they were not happy. Those who buy things should live as if they own nothing.

1 Corinthians 7:31

Those who use the things of the world should live as if they were not using them, because this world in its present form will soon be gone.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture says, “All people are like the grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass dies and the flowers fall,

1 Peter 4:7

The time is near when all things will end. So think clearly and control yourselves so you will be able to pray.

1 John 2:17

The world and everything that people want in it are passing away, but the person who does what God wants lives forever.