Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 7:29-31
‘But this I say brothers, the time is shortened that from now on both those who have wives be as those who have none, and those who weep as those who do not weep, and those who rejoice as those who do not rejoice, and those who buy as though they owned nothing, and those who use the world as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world passes away.’ The passage is vivid and descriptive. If it is referring to a ‘present distress’ its point is that, because of it, time is short and that in the... read more
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 7:31
THE PASSING WORLD‘The fashion of this world passeth away.’ 1 Corinthians 7:31 We can well imagine that St. Paul in writing these words of his Epistle to the Corinthian Church was thinking of the shifting scenes of a theatre. No doubt he had often been in a theatre. To the ancient Greek or Roman the drama was the great teacher. It was to him what the pulpit, the parliament, and the newspaper are to us. He there heard the noblest deeds of his countrymen described and praised, and the glory of... read more