1 Corinthians 7:29

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Summary

1 Corinthians 7:29

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

The time

That both

1 Peter 1:24

General references

Luke 14:20

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

The time

Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

Make me to know, Jehovah, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: I shall know how frail I am.

Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass that groweth up:

As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth:

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach:

But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;

But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity.

That both

and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it.

Behold, Jehovah maketh the land empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad its inhabitants.

A voice saith, Cry. And he saith, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the comeliness thereof as the flower of the field.

Go to now, ye who say, To-day or to-morrow will we go into such a city and spend a year there, and traffic and make gain,

Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen;

General references

And another said, I have married a wife, and on this account I cannot come.

for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.