...for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. For this I say, brethren, the time is short ; it remaineth,...abusing it ; for the fashion of this world passeth away. See, then, that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools ; redeeming the time, because the days are...

...virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh : but I spare you. But this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth,...abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong...

...things, as that of a man on a journey, that we may as cheerfully part with them whenever God calls. "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,...world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this world passcth away."1 — These things, as only lent to us for a little while, to serve a present turn; but...

...CHAP. 15. Accordingly the apostle also, speaking apparently with this passage in view, declares : " But this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth,...they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as though they used it not :: for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you without...

...inherent in his nature. For this reason it is possible for him to be one of those who are described as 'they that weep as though they wept not; and they...; and they that use this world as not abusing it.' Says Christ, 'When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what they right hand doeth ; that thine...

...the impending arrival of the Kingdom of God, before which all earthly concerns should seem secondary: "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,...weep, as though they wept not; . . . and they that buy, as though they possessed not" (i Cor. 7:29-30, KJV). For Paul, Christian sexuality had little...

...indifference. Compare this with: 'But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth that those that have wives be as though they had none; And they...it: for the fashion of this world passeth away' (1 Corinthians 7: 29-31). Extreme positions thus neutralize one another in a new and unique 'reality.'...

...and the lust of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful" (Mark 4:19). "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,...they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world [Satanic system], as not...

...to spare you these sufferings. 29-31. But this I say, brethren, the time (is) short ; it reraaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had...abusing (it) : for the fashion of this world passeth away. 'This is another reason why you should not marry. You -will soon have to leave your wives. It...

...New Testament (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1992). The King James Version has: "But this 1 say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that...not; / And they that use this world, as not abusing if; for the fashion of this world passeth away." This is not to say that the world, its goods, and...