 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...general reflection on the subject: — This I say, Brethren, the time is short. It remaineth, that loth they that have wives, be as though they had none ; and they that weep, its though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy,... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1816 - 370 pages
...persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness?" " It remains, that they that weep, be as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; for the fashion of this world passeth away." 328 PRACTICAL VIEW OF THE CHARACTER OF CHRIST. 1809. "... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 554 pages
...journey ; that we may as cheerfully part with them whatever God calls. ss Bat this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth, that both they that...world, as not abusing it; for the fashion of this workl passeth away."* — These things, as only lent to us for a little while, to serve a present turn... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...to expect much from them. " Brethren, the time is short" — short and uncertain to each of us ! " It remaineth that both they that have wives be as...world, as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world passeth away *." Death is the close of present prospects : they are all bounded by the narrow span... | |
 | Hans Jonas - Religion - 2001 - 400 pages
...confined to Gnosticism in particular. We remind the reader of St. Paul's saying: But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that...world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. (I Cor. 7:29-3l) is not identical with true being, it is yet a stepping stone to it.... | |
 | Robert Eldredge, Sr. - Family & Relationships - 2002 - 188 pages
...Jesus would soon return. When the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth around 56 AD, he said, "The time is short; it remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none." (1 Corinthians 7:29) This was understandable at the time because so many Christians were then... | |
 | Ronald Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott Knox - Religion - 2002 - 1128 pages
...say, brethren, that the time is short; it remaineth that those who have wives be as if they had none, and they that buy as though they possessed not, and they that use this world, as if they used it not to the full."3 From the very first, the ideal of virginity was the natural thing... | |
 | E. Keith Howick - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 220 pages
...choosing between the things of the world and the kingdom of God when he said, "This I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that...world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away" (1 Corinthians 7:29-31). After the servant heard all of the guests' excuses, he returned... | |
 | William Williams - Religion - 2003 - 68 pages
...make every effort to be in that condition approved by the Apostle in 1 Corinthians 7: 29, etc.—'that both they that have wives be as though they had none;...and they that use this world, as not abusing it.' I thank my God that there is no affliction, cross or sorrow laid upon me, but that my heavenly Father... | |
 | Al Bryant - Religion - 68 pages
...to feed the flock of God, and to be as examples to them (1 Peter 5:2). WH "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none" (1 Cor. 7:29-31). The preciousness of time is universally admitted. Time is that of which life... | |
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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... 
