...Btot this I say, brethren, the time is short. It remained), tlia,t both they tli,-t have wives, bg as though they had none; and they that weep, as though...abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away." Why should any thing this world can allure us with, be of any price in a wise man's esteem?...

...strengtheneth me." " Brethren, the time is short, it remaineth, that they who weep be as they »who weep not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced...abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away." 4. Let the ministers of Christ remember that they are " stewards of the mysteries of God," and...

...Fletcher, MA, preached at the Independent Chapel, Blackburn. 1 COR. chap. vii. v. 29 — 31. 11 Brethren, the time is short ; it remaineth that both they that have wives, be as though they had none; arid they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced...

...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...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. But "this...

...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...

...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...

...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...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 to his...

...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...

...soap operas and sports programs. He concludes by giving a workable formula for taming the television. "And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. " — I Cor. 7:31. PO Box 1099 • Murfreesboro, TN 37133 (800) 251-4100 • (615) 893-6700 FAX...

...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...