1 Corinthians 7:29
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But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives 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;
In other translations
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives 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;
Greek words
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