But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsBut this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;
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;
And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having;
But this I say, brethren, the time is straitened. For the rest, that they who have wives, be as not having [any]:
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.
- Author
- Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
- Date
- c. AD 55, from Ephesus