1 Corinthians 7:29

New King James Version

²⁹But ^(A)this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

1 Corinthians 7:29

New American Standard Bible

²⁹But this I say, brothers, ^(A)the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;

²⁹But I say this, believers: the ^[a]time has been shortened, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they did not;

1 Corinthians 7:29 Paul may be referring to the appointed time of the return of Christ, or he may have been focusing on the briefness of human life, or both of these.

²⁹What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.^(A) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;

²⁹But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

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