Verse 31
1 Corinthians 7:31
Darby Translation
31
and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ οἱ χρώμενοι ⸂τὸν κόσμον⸃ ὡς μὴ καταχρώμενοι· παράγει γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου.
English Translation
And those who use the world, as if not using it; for the fashion of this world is passing away.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 7 Context
1
But concerning the things of which ye have written [to me]: [It is] good for a man not to touch a wo...
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but on account of fornications, let each have his own wife, and each [woman] have her own husband.
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Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.
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The wife has not authority over her own body, but the husband: in like manner also the husband has n...
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Defraud not one another, unless, it may be, by consent for a time, that ye may devote yourselves to...
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But this I say, as consenting [to], not as commanding [it].
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7
Now I wish all men to be even as myself: but every one has his own gift of God (Elohim): one man thu...
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But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them that they remain even as I.
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9
But if they have not control over themselves, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn...
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10
But to the married I enjoin, not *I*, but the Lord, Let not wife be separated from husband;
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(but if also she shall have been separated, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husban...
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12
But as to the rest, *I* say, not the Lord, If any brother have an unbelieving wife, and *she* consen...
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13
And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, let her not leave [he...
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14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified in the...
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15
But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such [cases],...
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16
For what knowest thou, O wife, if thou shalt save thy husband? or what knowest thou, O husband, if t...
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17
However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God (Elohim) has called each, so let him walk; and thus...
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18
Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in un...
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19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God (Elohim)'s commandments.
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20
Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.
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21
Hast thou been called [being] a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free,...
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22
For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner [also] the freem...
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23
Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.
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24
Let each, wherein he is called, brethren, therein abide with God (Elohim).
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25
But concerning virgins, I have no commandment of [the] Lord; but I give my opinion, as having receiv...
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26
I think then that this is good, on account of the present necessity, that [it is] good for a man to...
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27
Art thou bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; art thou free from a wife? do not seek a wife.
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28
But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinne...
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29
But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not...
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30
and they that weep, as not weeping; and they that rejoice, as not rejoicing; and they that buy, as n...
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31
and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world pass...
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But I wish you to be without care. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he shall plea...
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but he that has married cares for the things of the world, how he shall please his wife.
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There is a difference between the wife and the virgin. The unmarried cares for the things of the Lor...
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But I say this for your own profit; not that I may set a snare before you, but for what [is] seemly,...
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But if any one think that he behaves unseemly to his virginity, if he be beyond the flower of his ag...
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37
But he who stands firm in his heart, having no need, but has authority over his own will, and has ju...
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38
So that he that marries himself does well; and he that does not marry does better.
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A wife is bound for whatever time her husband lives; but if the husband be fallen asleep, she is fre...
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But she is happier if she so remain, according to my judgment; but I think that *I* also have God (E...
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