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1 Corinthians 7:29 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;1 Corinthians 7:29 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:29 in context
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- remainethesti"he/she/it is"G2076 →
- remainethloiponremaining, the rest, hereafter, for the future, henceforth, at last, already, for the…G3063 →
- brethrenadelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- thoughhōsas, like, even as, etcG5613 →
- shortsystellōto place together, to draw together, contact, to diminish, to shorten, abridge, the time…G4958 →
- wivesgynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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The apostle here resumes his discourse, and gives directions to virgins how to act, concerning which we may take notice, I. Of the manner wherein he introduces them: "Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, Co1 7:25.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 25-35