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Berean Standard Bible

“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;”

1 Corinthians 7:29

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Paul is advising the Corinthians in view of a present distress, probably hardship or persecution. He says that the time has grown short.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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;

World English Bible (WEB)

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;

King James Version (KJV)

But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

American Standard Version (ASV)

But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened -- that both those having wives may be as not having;

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Esto empero digo, hermanos, que el tiempo es corto: lo que resta es, que los que tienen mujeres sean como los que no las tienen;

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Lo más importante de todo, hermanos, es que recuerden que el tiempo que nos queda es corto. Por tal motivo, los que tengan esposa deben vivir como si no la tuvieran.

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