I’m probably really going to mess this up but consider
1 Corinthians 7:29 Lexicon: But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none;
1 Corinthians 7:29-35 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: (the time is shortened) (Matthew 24:22, Mark 13:20, proverbs 10:27) it remaineth,
that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
maybe this one verse is taken out to mean something it doesn’t. “it remains,
that both they that have wives be as though they had none.” He goes on in the following verses to speak of how the fashion of this world passes away...what fashion is spoken of at least once? Mark 12:25
For when they shall rise from the dead, (awake unto righteousness) they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Which leads back to “fashioned like unto His glorious body” where there is neither bond nor free, neither Greek nor Jew, neither male nor female.
[30] And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; [31]
And they that use this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away.
[32] But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: [33] But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
divided...yet God says to not be double minded, is Christ divided?
1 Corinthians 7:34 Lexicon: and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Mark 4:19 And
the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
34] There is difference also between a wife and a virgin.
The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord,(Philippians 2:21, John 7:18) that she may be holy both in body and in spirit:
but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. [35] And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord,(Philippians 2:21, John 7:18)...which led my asking exactly what belongs to the Lord?
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vengeance belongs to the Lord. (I will repay.)
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the secret things belongs to the Lord. (Ecclesiastes 12:14, 1 Corinthians 4:5)
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Salvation belongs to the Lord.
-O Lord,
righteousness belongs to thee.
-Also unto thee, O Lord,
belongs mercy for thou will render to every man according to his work. Hebrews 10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Any idea what
woman is meant in “it is better to not touch a woman”?