1 Corinthians 7:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;”
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“What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”
King James Version · Public Domain“But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Corinthians 7:29 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 19:34But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
- Job 14:1“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.
- Psalms 39:4“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
- Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Luke 14:20Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
- 1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
- Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
- James 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
- 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- 1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
- 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
- 1 John 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
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