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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

The shortness of the time. Very impressive is the apostle's manner in always rising above the mere details of duty to great ruling verities. Throughout this chapter there is a constant reference from rules to principles, and nowhere is this more conspicuous than in these verses. I. THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF THIS LIFE . 1. " The time is shortened." The apostle seems to have in view the coming of Christ, of which the troubles of the time appeared to be the harbingers. Any... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

Apostolic counsels for the times, and general principles applied now as before. Some minds are so organized as to be peculiarly open to those impressions which the local and circumstantial produce on thought and feeling. If these become excessive, they are almost sure to trench on principles. Such persons are devotees of sectionality; their prudence is shrewd, but not sagacious; intelligence is narrowed down to time, place, and immediate results; and expediency is with them "the previous... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

An argument from the shortness of the time. It is impossible to understand a large number of the apostolic allusions unless we recognize the early Church conception that the Christian dispensation would be very brief, and in all probability closed and completed in the first century, by the expected reappearance of the Lord Jesus Christ. This idea certainly prevailed among the disciples. To some extent at least it was shared by the apostles; but it is evident that they found it necessary to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:31

As not abusing it; rather, as not using it to the full —not draining dry the cup of earthly advantages. Like Gideon's true heroes, we must not fling ourselves down to drink greedily of the river of earthly gifts, but drink them sparingly, and as it were with the palm of the hand. The fashion of this world passeth away. So St. John says, "The world passeth away, and the lust thereof" ( 1 John 1:1-10 :18). It is but as the shifting scene of a theatre, or as a melting vapour ( James 4:14... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:31

The passing world. "For the fashion of this world passeth away." The figure used by the apostle is that of a shifting scene in a theatre. We may better realize the figure by applying it to a moving panorama. On, on it goes, ever new scenes coming into view, moving across, and then passing forever away. Such life appears to us when we can seem to step aside and look at it. Sometimes it has been likened to the river, which bears the vessel on from the harbour among the hills, down past ever... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:31

And they that use this world - That make a necessary and proper use of it to furnish raiment, food, clothing, medicine, protection, etc. It is right so to use the world, for it was made for these purposes. The word using here refers to the lawful use of it (χρώμενοι chrōmenoi).As not abusing it - καταχρώμενοι katachrōmenoi. The preposition κατα kata, in composition here has the sense of “too much, too freely,” and is taken not merely in an intensive sense, but to denote evil, the abuse of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 . But this I say, &c. But though I leave every one to his own liberty in the case now mentioned, yet here is what is necessary for all to observe. The time Of our abode here, and of these worldly enjoyments; is short: it remaineth It plainly follows; that those who have wives be as though they had none Namely, as serious, zealous, and active, dead to the world, as devoted to God, as holy in all manner of conversation, preserving themselves from all... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

The unmarried and widows (7:25-40)Corinth was at that time troubled by some unusually distressing circumstances. In view of this, Paul felt it best for people, whether married or single, to stay as they were for the time being. The responsibilities that go with marriage and a family would only add to the current difficulties (25-28). This was not the time for people to create further problems for themselves by making changes or becoming more involved in worldly affairs. It was a time to remain... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 7:31

world . Greek. kosmos. App-129 . abusing = using to the full. Greek. katachraomai. Only here und 1 Corinthians 9:18 . The force of kata is intensive. Compare katesthio, devour, eat up (2 Corinthians 11:20 ). See Colossians 3:2 . 1 John 2:15 . fashion . Greek. schema. Only here and Philippians 1:2 , Philippians 1:8 . Compare Psalms 39:6 . passeth away . Greek. parago. Compare 1 John 2:17 , where the same word is used. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:31

And those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.This really belongs with the two previous verses, being a part of the same exhortation to prudence in view of the transcience of earthly existence and the swift changes that accompany our mortality. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:29-40

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:31

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 7:31

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:31

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