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, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

"Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.

As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Do 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.

Let us therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.

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

But 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.

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

That both

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

Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

The voice of one saying, "Cry!" One said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

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

General references

"Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'

For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.