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1 Corinthians 7:29

Verse 29 of 40. The 7th of 16 chapters in 1 Corinthians, in The Letters of Paul.

25Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

26Therefore I think that because of the distress that is on us, it’s good for a man to remain as he is.

27Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.

28But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

29But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

30and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;

31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

32But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.