1 Corinthians 7:31 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Corinthians 7:31, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is answering questions the Corinthian believers sent him about marriage and singleness. In verses 29 to 31 he strings together a series of "as if not" statements, urging believers to hold earthly things loosely because "the time is short." The Greek word for the world's "present form" is schema, meaning its outward shape or arrangement.
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