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ButδέthisτοῦτοI say,φημιbrothers:ἀδελφοίthe timeὁ καιρὸςisἐστίνshortened;συνεσταλμένοςfrom now on,τὸ λοιπὸνletἵναevenκαὶthose whoοἱhaveἔχοντεςwivesγυναῖκαςbeὦσινasὡςthough they had none,μὴ ἔχοντες
1 Corinthians 7:29
Study it in the app“But this I say, brothers: the time is shortened; from now on, let even those who have wives be as though they had none,”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:29, word by word
- I sayφημιphēmi
say
Say.
Where else “phēmi” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- the timeκαιρὸςkairos
right time
The right moment for something.
Where else “kairos” appears- isἐστίνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- shortenedσυνεσταλμένοςsynestalmenos
shorten
For what remains to become brief.
Where else “synestalmenos” appears- from now onλοιπὸνloipon
from now on
From this moment on; or to move on to a final point.
Where else “loipon” appears- haveἔχοντεςechontes
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appears- wivesγυναῖκαςgynaikas
wife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaikas” appears
Translation note
It can also be punctuated: “the time that remains is short.”
The context
28But if you do marry, you have not sinned, and if the virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such people will have affliction in the flesh, and I would spare you.
29 · This verse (above)
30and those who weep as though they did not weep, and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice, and those who buy as though they did not possess,