But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Voici ce que je dis, frères, c'est que le temps est court; que désormais ceux qui ont des femmes soient comme n'en ayant pas,
KJV
But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
Ignatius of Antioch
Epistulae vii genuinae
L, to\n *ku/rion SA. ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα διὰ τῶν ὀργάνων τούτων θυσία qeu= LSA. εὑρεθῶ. οὐχ ὡς Πέτρος καὶ I Cor. 7, 29 Παῦλος διατάσσομαι ὑμῖν. ἐκεῖνοι ἀπόστολοι, ἐγὼ κατάκριτος: ἐκεῖνοι ἐλεύθεροι, ἐγὼ δὲ μέχρι νῦν δοῦλος. ἀλλ̓ ἐὰν πάθω, ἀπελεύθερος γενήσομαι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσ…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ὴ ἡ ἄγαμος καὶ ἡ παρθένος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, ἔνα ἀρέσῃ τῷ κυρίῳ, ἔνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ τῷ σώματι καὶ 19 1 Cor. 7, 29. τῷ πνεύματι, ἡ δὲ γαμήσασα μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κόσμου, πῶς ἀρέσῃ τῶ ἀνδρί. τοῦτο δὲ πρὸς τὸ ὑμῶν συμφέρον λέγω, οὐχ ἵνα βρόχον ὑμῖν ἐπιβάλλω, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ εὔσχημον καὶ εὐ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
lways sinful? Objection 1: It would seem that the marriage act is always sinful. For it is written ( 1 Cor. 7:29 ): "That they . . . who have wives, be as if they had none." But those who are not married do not perform the marriage act. Therefore even those who are married sin in…
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