The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem.”
Now Barzillai was a very aged man—80 years old—and he had provided for the king during his residence at Mahanaim, for he was a very wealthy man.
If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard labor I will wait until my relief comes.
But this I say, brothers and sisters—the time is short. From now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.