31and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.


In Context

28 But if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.

29 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;

30 and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess;

31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

33 but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

1 Corinthians 7:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:31And they that use this world, as not abusing [it:] for the fashion of this world passeth away.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:31those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:31And they that use this world, as if they used it not: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:31and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their own; for the fashion of this world passes.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:31and those that use the world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31And they that use this world, as not abusing it. For the fashion of this world passeth away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:31and those using this world, as not using it up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:31And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passes away.