Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Marriage, Singleness, Calling, and Undistracted Devotion to the Lord

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29 What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

30 those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;

31 and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

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Verse 29

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[What] δέ G1161 Conjunction I am saying φημι G5346 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular brothers ἀδελφοί G80 Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural [is] that Τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular the G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular time καιρὸς G2540 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular is ἐστίν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular short συνεσταλμένος G4958 Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular - τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular From now on λοιπὸν G3063 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular . . . ἵνα G2443 Conjunction . . . καὶ G2532 Conjunction those who οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural have ἔχοντες G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural wives γυναῖκας G1135 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural should live ὦσιν G1510 Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural as if ὡς G5613 Adverb they had ἔχοντες G2192 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural none μὴ G3361 Adverb
Verse 30

Original words

- καὶ G2532 Conjunction those who οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural weep κλαίοντες G2799 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural as if ὡς G5613 Adverb vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb they [did not] κλαίοντες G2799 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural - καὶ G2532 Conjunction those who οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural are joyful χαίροντες G5463 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural as if ὡς G5613 Adverb vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb they were not χαίροντες G5463 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural - καὶ G2532 Conjunction those who οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural make a purchase ἀγοράζοντες G59 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural as if ὡς G5613 Adverb vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb they had nothing κατέχοντες G2722 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 31

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and καὶ G2532 Conjunction those who οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural use χρώμενοι G5530 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural the things of τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular [this] world κόσμον G2889 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular as if ὡς G5613 Adverb vvv μὴ G3361 Adverb not dependent on them καταχρώμενοι G2710 Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction this τούτου G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular - τοῦ G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Singular world κόσμου G2889 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular [in its] τὸ G3588 Article - Nominative Neuter Singular present form σχῆμα G4976 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular is passing away παράγει G3855 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular

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