Bible verse
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;
1 Corinthians 7:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 7.
25 Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
26 Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27 Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you free of commitment? Do not look for a wife.
28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 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;
30 those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;
31 and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
32 I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
33 But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
KJV
But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
ASV
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
ERV
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
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