1 Corinthians 7:29
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
In other versions
But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
ASV
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;
BBE
But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:
DBY
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;
WEB
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;
YLT
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
ENG
But this I say, brethren, The time is short. It remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none;
WBT
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;
BSB
In context
27Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
30And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.