1 Corinthians 7:29 (WEB)
But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;
Fathers and councils · 34
Jerome
“Surely we shall hear no more of the famous Apostolic utterance, ‘And they who have wives as though they had them not.’” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“The apostle tells us, in a later verse: “The time is short: it remaineth that those who have wives be as though they had none.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“Why does he who reads the apostle’s words “it remaineth that they that have wives be as though they had none”—why does he press a virgin to marry?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“He does not by this arrangement urge unmarried girls or youthful widows to marry, seeing that even of the married he says: “the time is short: it remaineth that they that have wives be as though they had none.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“But once in tones of thunder the words were heard, “The time is shortened, that henceforth those that have wives may be as though they had none”: cleaving to the Lord, we are made one spirit with Him.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“Man separates, when we dismiss the first wife because we desire a second; but it is God who separates, when by common consent [1 Cor 7:5], for the sake of serving God, we so have wives as though we had none [1 Cor 7:29].” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32Conference XXI
“…hateth not father and mother and wife cannot be my disciple;” and this of the Apostle: “It remaineth that they that have wives be as though they had them not.”” — editor's note: S. Luke xxiii. 29; xiv. 26; 1 Cor. vii. 29.
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Ambrose of Milan
“He is the beginning of purity, Who taught maidens not to look for the embraces of men, but to yield the purity of their bodies and minds to the service of the Holy Spirit rather than to a husband.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. vii. 29, 34. It seems unwarrantable to suppose a reference to 2 Cor. xi. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“What is this?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–32.
Read the whole comment“…the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit: but she that is married, is anxious about the things of the world, how to please her husband.”” — editor's note: Ver. 29–34
Read the whole comment“…from embracing; when the Apostle cries out, “But this I say, brethren, the time is short; it remains, that both they who have wives be as not having;” assuredly if thou hadst sought a second marriage, it would have been no obedience of prophecy or law, no carnal desire even of family, but a mark of…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29. [See R.V.]
Read the whole comment“…and because that principle is observed to which the apostle gives expression, “It remaineth, that they that have wives be as though they had none.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“Attend, holy brethren; Christ’s Apostle was some time after this to say in the Church, “It remaineth that they that have wives be as though they had none.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“I would have you be without carefulness.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–32.
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John Chrysostom
“…of us who have [riches] so use them as Paul commanded. (“They that have,” saith he, “as though they had not, and they that use this world as not abusing it”— 1 Cor. vii. 29, 31 ): that we may obtain the good things promised.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“If having “wives,” we “be as though we had none,” if we rejoice not over our “possessions,” if we “use the world as not abusing it.” ( 1 Cor. vii. 29, 31.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“What is, “not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together”? ( 1 Cor. vii. 29.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For in fact all our laws are common to the monks also, except marriage; yea rather, even with respect to this, Paul commands us to put ourselves altogether on a level with them; saying, “For the fashion of this world passeth away:” that “they that have wives be as though they had none.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 31, 29.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Man puts asunder, when from desire of a second wife the first is put away; God puts asunder, who also had joined, when by consent for the service of God we so have our wives as though we had them not. [marg. note: 1 Cor 7:29]” — the author cites it
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Basil the Great
“But, for my part, to every one who is thinking about marriage I testify that, “the fashion of this world passeth away,” and the time is short: “it remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
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Leo the Great
“And hence, in order that their wedlock may become spiritual instead of carnal, it behoves them not to put away their wives but to “have them as though they had them not,” whereby both the affection of their wives may be retained and the marriage functions cease.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29. This was also provided by the Apostolic canons (quoted by Quesnel), episcopus aut presbyter uxorem propriam nequaquam sub obteniu religionis…
Read the whole comment“…exhibiting of the purity of complete continence, even sub-deacons are not allowed carnal marriage: that “both those that have, may be as though they had not,” and those who have not, may remain single.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29. A reference to this passage will show that S. Paul does not limit himself to the clergy in what he says: for an interesting note on the text…
Read the whole comment“…not; and those that buy as though they possessed not; and those that use this world as though they used it not; for the fashion of this world passeth away.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–31. In the last clause but one, the Lat. runs, qui utuntur hoc mundo tanquam non utantur (as also the Vulg. and the margin of R.V., “(as not)…
Read the whole comment“For the fashion of this world passes away.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–31.
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Tertullian
“And accordingly (he says), “It remains, that both they who have wives so be as if they have not,” that it may be the more binding on them who have not to abstain from having them.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“Because he had laid down the premiss, saying, “The time is wound up.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“…the tree, Who planted it; His to reap the harvest, Who sowed the seed; His to declare, “It remaineth that they who have wives be as though they had none,” Who once said, “Be fruitful, and multiply;” His the end to Whom belonged the beginning.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“Because “the time is short.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“…gifts (as the apostle says, “When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son;” and again, “This I say, brethren, that the time is short”), it evidently follows in connection with this prediction of the last days, that this gift of the Spirit belongs to Him who is the Christ of the predicters.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29. [The verse filled out by the translator.]
Read the whole comment““The time,” says (the apostle), “is compressed.” — editor's note: Or, “short” (Eng. ver.); 1 Cor. vii. 29. ὁ καιρὸς συνεσταλμενος, “in collecto.”
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Gregory the Great
“Which thing Paul well expresses briefly, saying, They that have wives as though they had none, and they that weep as though they wept not, and they that rejoice as though they rejoiced not (1 Cor. vii. 29, 30).” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Explaining this more clearly, he adds, “It remains that they that have wives be as though they had none, and they that buy as though they possessed not.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29, 30.
Read the whole comment“Thus also the apostle says, “that he who marries should be as though he married not,” and deem his marriage free of inordinate affection, and inseparable from love to the Lord; to which the true husband exhorted his wife to cling on her departure out of this life to the Lord.” — editor's note: [1 Cor. vii. 29. S.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…that buy not, and they who possess as they who possess not, and they who use this world as they that use it not; for the fashion of this world passeth away.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 29–31.
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Cross-references · 60
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in Letters Letter 160.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 11.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 11.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies VII.11.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
Cited together in On Monogamy Chapter 3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 160 and 1 other place.
Cited together in To His Wife I.5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.
Cited together in Letters Letter 160.
Cited together in Letters Letter 160.
Cited together in Letters Letter 160.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.
Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion I.28.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.
Cited together in On the Good of Widowhood Chapter 11.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Sermons Sermon 49.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in Letters Letter 160.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:2–8 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:2–8 (4) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Jerome on Matthew 19:2–8 (4) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Apparel of Women II.8 and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Instructor II.3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 10:1–12 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in To His Wife I.5.
Cited together in To His Wife I.5.
Cited together in Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXI.32.
Cited together in Letters Letter 161.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.
Cited together in Letters Letter 14.