¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and ^(A)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did ^(B)as I was commanded.

²⁹ This is what I mean, brothers: ^(A)the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none, ³⁰ and those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy ^(B)as though they had no goods,