1 Corinthians 7:29-31

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²⁹The 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; ³⁰happiness or sadness or wealth should not keep anyone from doing God’s work. ³¹Those in frequent contact with the exciting things the world offers should make good use of their opportunities without stopping to enjoy them; for the world in its present form will soon be gone.

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Footnotes

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.”