1 Corinthians
7:29-31
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Similitude IV, Shepherd of Hermas. (c.145)
- IV.III.1, V.XXXV.2, V.XXXVI.1, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- II.3, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- II.9, On The Apparel of Women, Tertullian (c. 202)
- I.29, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 207)
- Chapter IX, On Idolatry, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter V, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.7, V.8, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter III, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- I.VI.4, II.III.6, III.V.1, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- XIII.1, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- On the Dress of Virgins, Cyprian of Carthage (c. 249)
- From the
Geneva Notes.
- "By "weeping" the Hebrews understand all adversity, and by "joy", all prosperity."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "All worldly things are show; nothing solid. All will be quickly gone."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "The time of our abode here is short. It plainly follows, that even they who have wives be as serious, zealous, active, dead to the world, as devoted to God, as holy in all manner of conversation, as if they had none - By so easy a transition does the apostle slide from every thing else to the one thing needful; and, forgetting whatever is temporal, is swallowed up in eternity."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The oldest manuscripts read, "The time (season) is shortened as to what remains, in order that both they," &c.; that is, the effect which the shortening of the time ought to have is, "that for the remaining time (henceforth), both they," &c. The clause, "as to what remains," though in construction belonging to the previous clause, in sense belongs to the following."
- From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "It was but a short time until Jerusalem should be destroyed, and the early church supposed this would be the end of the world. Life, too, is short; the time of preparation is short. It was the general feeling then that some awful convulsion was close at hand. There was. Within half a generation the whole Roman world was turned up by civil war, three emperors in succession were slain, and Jerusalem was destroyed."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Valerie Nicolet-Anderson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "For Agamben, living 'as if not' is characteristic of the messianic time, and related to the concept of vocation, of calling. Agamben defines the 'as if not' as a technical term for Paul: it prepares the end of each condition, whatever it might be. This is why Paul can frame the appeal to the 'as if not' by a reference to the passing of the present form of this world (1 Corinthians 7:31). In this sense, each condition is relativized."
- "What Passes Away and What Remains?" Commented Bible Passages from Taizé, 2015.
- "What are our criteria to determine our priorities and to discern what passes away and what remains?"
- Commentary and Illustration Ideas, Stan Mast, Center for Excellence in Preaching, 2015.
- "Actually, Paul says that the schema of this world is passing away. The world is not passing away, only its schema. That word was often used of the theatre to refer to the changing acts and characters of a play, to 'an actor leaving the stage.'"
- "The Politics of Eschatological Imminence," Alastair Roberts, Political Theology Today, 2015.
- "To some degree or other, all of us are invested in the current order of our world, in its political structures, and its economic and social institutions. Unfortunately, not only do we occupy these existing structures, we are all too often preoccupied with them, dulled to any sense of their impermanence in the face of God's inaugurated and coming kingdom."
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- Commentary,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Frank L. Crouch, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "Our world -- at every level we can think of it -- is not as substantial, dependable, and unchanging as we would like it to be."
- Changing the Form of the World, Amy Allen, Political Theology, 2012.
- "And so, the challenge for us today who are in the world is not merely to divorce ourselves from it. And I use the word “merely” intentionally here."
-
Commentary,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Arland J. Hultgren, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "In the end, the primary message of this text is that nothing in this world can compare to the eternal fellowship we have with God and Christ."
-
"First
Thoughts on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Epiphany 3," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Paul's word may jolt us into asking whether we have in the process lost God and lost ourselves - let alone the real interests of others."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "Living in the Last Times," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
-
"Detachment," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
- "What are your daily concerns for the moment? How can you detach yourself from them? How can you place them in the hands of God?"
- Commentary,
1 Corinthians 7:29-31, Valerie Nicolet-Anderson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bantum, Brian, "Living by the Word," The Christian Century, 2015.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Botman, H Russel and DJ Smit,
"Exegesis and Proclamation -- 1 Corinthians 7:29-31: 'To Live...as If It
Were Not,'" Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 1988.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Branick, Vincent P., "Apocalyptic
Paul," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gerike, Henry V., "Homiletical Helps on the LSB Series
A -
Gospels," Concordia Journal, 2005. (Section
on this text begins on page 446.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kuck, David W., "The Freedom of Being
in the World 'As If Not' (1 Corinthians 7:29-31)," Currents in
Theology and Mission, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wimbush, Vincent L., "The Ascetic
Impulse in Ancient Christianity," Theology Today, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bantum, Brian, "Living by the Word," The Christian Century, 2015.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Epiphany 3B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," January 25, 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary. 2012.
- "It Won't Matter If You Are Crying or Laughing," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies representing the following themes:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of 1 Corinthians
