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

Human beings born by women are short-lived and full of trouble.

"LORD, let me know how my life ends, and the standard by which you will measure my days, whatever it is! Then I will know how transient my life is.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,

Whatever the activity in which you engage, do it with all your ability, because there is no work, no planning, no learning, and no wisdom in the next world where you're going.

This is necessary because you know the times it's already time for you to wake up from sleep, because our salvation is nearer now than when we became believers.

Therefore go to him outside the camp and endure the insults he endured.

Because everything will soon come to an end, be sensible and clear-headed, so you can pray.

Don't forget this fact, dear friends: With the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.

And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.

That both

then man's dust will go back to the earth, returning to what it was, and the spirit will return to the God who gave it.

"Watch out! The LORD is about to depopulate the land and devastate it; he will turn it upside down and scatter its inhabitants.

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

General references

Still another said, "I recently got married, so I can't come.'

For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.