²⁹ But 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; ³⁰ and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; ³¹ and those who use the world, as though they did not ^(B)make full use of it; for ^(C)the present form of this world is passing away.