1 Corinthians 7:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; ”

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But this I say - Whether you are married or not, or in whatever condition of life you may be, I would remind you that life hastens to a close, and that its grand business is to be prepared to die...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But this I say, brethren, the time [is] (a) short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; (a) For we are now in the latter end of the world.
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul now passes to the case of virgins, on which the church had invited his judgment. The section is one of peculiar difficulty. It is generally thought that Paul is dealing with the relations of a f...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

time . season. short . shortened, or contracted. Greek. sustello Only here and Acts 5:6 . Compare 1 John 2:18 . it remaineth . as for the rest it is. See "besides" in 1 Corinthians 1:16 ....
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

29. Because the time is short, etc. Again he discourses respecting the holy use of marriage, for the purpose of repressing the wantonness of those who, when they have married, think of nothin...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1962 MODERATION IN THE USE OF EARTHLY THINGS INCULCATED 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 . This I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that hare wives be as though they...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; The time is short - These persecutions and distresses are at the door, and life...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The time is short— "Is contracted within very narrow limits." The word συνεσταλμενος properly imports this, being a metaphor taken from furling or gathering up a sail. The Apostle probably sa...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; This I say - a summing up the practical inference from what precedes ( 1...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(a) Answer to Questions about Marriage The Corinthians had in their letter ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ) asked St. Paul's opinion on several points connectedwithmarriage. His language in reply is guarde...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But this I say, brethren. — This does not introduce a reiteration of what he has said already, but commences a solemn and affectionate warning, urging on them earnestly that, whether they applied o...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 MARRIAGE THERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak about marriage as he found it, as it existed among tho...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Counsel for Times of Emergency 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 The virgin here referred to is probably the young woman who was engaged to be married, and the counsel is expressly defined to be advice,...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Certain difficulties had arisen in the Corinthian Church concerning which they had sent inquiries to Paul. He now answers their questions. These answers contain principles of permanent application....
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (19) Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, b...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

‘BRIEF LIFE IS HERE OUR PORTION’ ‘The time is short.’ 1 Corinthians 7:29 What are the practical conclusions the Apostle draws from this truth? I. Domestic relations. —Home influence is th...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But this I say, brethren, the time is short ,.... This is another reason, with which the apostle supports his advice to virgins, and unmarried persons, to remain so; since the time of life is so ver...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; Ver. 29. This then I say, brethren ] The best counsel I can give you, is, t...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 world...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Those things in Chapter s 5 and 6, which were of such serious importance as demanding correction, had evidently not even been questions in the minds of the Corinthians. But Paul was required to raise...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prudential Directions to Virgins. A. D. 57. 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He had before spoken to what concerned some, now he comes to what concerneth all. The time (saith he) is short; furled up, like sails when the mariner comes near his port. He either meaneth the t...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 d...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES A. 1. Observe: With this chapter commences a new section of the Epistle; the topics, and perhaps their order, suggested by a letter of formal inquiry brought from Corinth: vii....
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 I. St. Paul tells us that the time is short. In one sense not an unimportant one time is very long. The great God who is working out His plan in the universe has no stint of tim...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is evident from the tenor of this chapter that the Corinthians had written to the apostle for advice on the subject of marriage and its obligations, and that he is here resolving their various dif...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord. Concerning virgins and widows The apostle advises-- I. The unmarried of both sexes. As he has argued against the disruption of the t...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 Answers to the inquiries of the Corinthians respecting marriage. 1 Corinthians 7:1-46 The lawfulness of marriage, and its duties. 1 Corinthian...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But this I say, brethren, the time is short; it remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:17 ; 1 Peter 1:24 ; 1 Peter 4:7 ; 2 Peter 3:8 ; 2 Peter 3:9 ; Ecclesiastes 12:13 ; Ecclesiastes 12:14 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Ecclesiastes 12:8 ; Ecclesiastes 6:12 ; Ecclesiastes 9:...
1 Corinthians 7:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But this I say, brethren — With great confidence. The time of our abode here is short. It plainly follows, that even they who have wives be as serious, zealous, active, dead to the world, as devote...

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 7:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Corinthians 7:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes