 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed...  Lectures on the Gospel according to Luke - Page 238by James Foote - 1849Full view - About this book
 | John Bird Sumner - Apologetics - 1824 - 464 pages
...too short a time, to allow any unnecessary delays or deviations. Such had been Paul's injunction : " This I say, brethren, the time is short ; it remaineth,...they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they purchased not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it ; for the fashion of this world passeth... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1824 - 594 pages
...short; itremaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none; and they that ween, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as...abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away." 5. Is the time of human life extremely short? Then how important is the term of a year. It is... | |
 | Benjamin Boothroyd - 1824 - 626 pages
...brethren, 29 the time is short. It remaineth, that they that have wives be as though they had none ; And 30 they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they...they possessed not ; And they that use this world, as though 31 they used it not : for the fashion of this world passeth away. But I would have you without... | |
 | Thom Scott - Theology - 1824 - 680 pages
...attention to the words of the apostle : " This I say, brethren, the time is short : it re" maineth, that both they that have wives be as " though they...and they that rejoice, as " though they rejoiced not ; for the fashion of this " world passeth away."1 — But in some respects the words are even more... | |
 | Ashbel Green - Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1824 - 500 pages
...29, 30, 31. " Out this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that both they that havfc wives, be as though they had none ; and they that...though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though the j rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use this world,... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, &c. — Rom. xiii. 11, 12. This I say, brethren, the time is short ; it remaineth...that both they that have wives be as though they had none, &c. — 1 Cor. vii. 29. So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery,... | |
 | John Boswell - Social Science - 2009 - 460 pages
...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... | |
 | Dewey D. Wallace - Religion - 1987 - 300 pages
...that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoyce, as though they rejoyced not; [and] those [they] that buy, as though they possessed not; and...abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away," 1 Cor. 7:29, 30, 31. He mentions the shortness of time, as that the meditation and expectation... | |
 | Robert E. Picirilli - Religion - 1987 - 454 pages
...unlikely, in spite of his comparison of Mt. 24:19.) (3) The shortness of the time (w. 29-31) 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,...that both they that have wives be as though they had none; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced... | |
 | Bernard Marie Dupriez - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 572 pages
...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...abusing 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.'... | |
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