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28 But even if you marry, you did not sin. And if the virgin marries, she did not sin. But such ones will have affliction in the flesh, and I am sparing[a] you.

We All Must Keep Our Earthly Life In Eternal Perspective

29 And this I say, brothers— the time[b] is shortened, so that henceforth even the ones having wives should be as-though not having, 30 and the ones weeping as-though not weeping, and the ones rejoicing as-though not rejoicing, and the ones buying as-though not holding-on-to[c],

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:28 That is, trying to spare you from the problems that will result due to the ‘present necessity’.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:29 That is, the time remaining to serve Christ before you die or He comes is in a state of shortness.
  3. 1 Corinthians 7:30 Or, retaining.

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