1 Corinthians 7:29

Paul urges that "the time is short," so even those with wives should live with a certain holy detachment, not letting marriage become an all-consuming ultimate. The brevity of the age reorders every earthly attachment.

Cross-references · 18

• 1 Jn 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
• 1 Cor 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
• Rom 13:11–12And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
• Jas 4:13–16Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
• Heb 13:13–14Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
• Eccl 12:13–14When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
• 1 Pet 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
• 2 Pet 3:8–9Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
• Eccl 12:7–8before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
• Ps 39:4–7“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
• Ps 103:15–16As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;
• 1 Pet 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
• Isa 40:6–8A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
• Isa 24:1–2Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
• Ps 90:5–10You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
• Eccl 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
• Eccl 6:12For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
• Job 14:1–2“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

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