American Standard Version
"But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none; "
— 1 Corinthians 7:29, American Standard Version
“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”
“But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;”
“And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,”
“This therefore I say, brethren: The time is short. It remaineth, that they also who have wives be as if they had none:”
“But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;”
“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;”
I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, namely, that it is good for a man to be as he is.
Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;
and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord: