1 Corinthians 7:29

WEB

²⁹But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

KJV

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

BSB

²⁹What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

FBV

²⁹I'm telling you, brothers and sisters, that time is short, and from now on for those who are married it may seem as if they are not married,

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Extra References

1 John 2:17

¹⁷The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

¹¹Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed. ¹²The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let’s therefore throw off the deeds of darkness, and let’s put on the armor of light.

1 Corinthians 7:31

³¹and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

James 4:13-16

¹³Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” ¹⁴Yet you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. ¹⁵For you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that.” ¹⁶But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

Hebrews 13:13-14

¹³Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach. ¹⁴For we don’t have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

1 Peter 4:7

⁷But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

2 Peter 3:8-9

⁸But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. ⁹The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

¹³This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. ¹⁴For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

1 Peter 1:24

²⁴For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls;

Psalms 39:4-7

⁴“LORD, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am. ⁵Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah. ⁶“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather. ⁷Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.