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1 Corinthians 7:28-30
Living Bible
1 Corinthians 7:28-30
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28 But if you men decide to go ahead anyway and get married now, it is all right; and if a girl gets married in times like these, it is no sin. However, marriage will bring extra problems that I wish you didn’t have to face right now.
29 The important thing to remember is that our remaining time is very short, and so are our opportunities for doing the Lord’s work.[a] For that reason those who have wives should stay as free as possible for the Lord; 30 happiness or sadness or wealth should not keep anyone from doing God’s work.
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- 1 Corinthians 7:29 and so are our opportunities for doing the Lord’s work, implied. those who have wives should stay as free as possible for the Lord, literally, “those who have wives may be as though they didn’t.”
1 Corinthians 7:28-30
New International Version
1 Corinthians 7:28-30
New International Version
28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned;(A) and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.(B) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep;
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