“But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Corinthians 7 contains 40 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.