1 Corinthians 7:31

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Summary

1 Corinthians 7:31

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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For

1 John 2:17

General references

Luke 14:20

Bible References

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Then what is the pay that I am getting? To be able to preach the good news without expense to anybody, and so never to make full use of my rights in preaching the good news.

But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,'

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

And then He said to them, "Be ever on the alert and always on your guard against every form of greed, because a man's life does not consist in his possessions, even though they are abundant."

Now He was saying to the disciples: "Once there was a rich man who had a household manager, and he was accused to his master of squandering the latter's property.

So he said to him, 'Well done, my good slave! Because you have proven dependable in a very small business, be governor of ten cities!'

But ever be on your guard, so that your hearts may not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries, and that day, like a trap, catch you unawares.

Continue charging the rich of this world to stop being haughty and not to fix their hope on a thing so uncertain as riches, but on God who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for our enjoyment;

Come now, you rich people, weep aloud and howl over the miseries that are sure to overtake you.

For

and the rich brother rejoice in his being on a level with the poor, because the rich will fade away like the flower of the grass.

although you do not have the slightest knowledge of tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? It is really nothing but a mist which appears for a little while and then disappears.

For "All human life is just like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass dries up; the flowers drop off.

But the end of everything on earth is near. So be serious and sober minded, that you may give yourselves to prayer.

and the world is passing away and with it the evil longings it incites, but whoever perseveres in doing God's will lives on forever.

General references

Another said, 'I have just gotten married, and so I cannot come.'