Teks -- 1 Corinthians 7:31 (NET)

7:31 those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away.

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Robertson: 1Co 7:31 - Those that use the world

Those that use the world ( hoi chrōmenoi ton kosmon ).

Old verb chraomai , usually with the instrumental case, but the accusative occurs in some Cretan inscriptions and in late writers according to a tendency of verbs to resume the use of the original accusative (Robertson, Grammar , p. 468).

Robertson: 1Co 7:31 - As not abusing it

As not abusing it ( hōs mē katachrēmenoi ).

Perfective use of kata in composition, old verb, but here only in N.T., to use up, use to the full. Papyri give examples of this sense. This is more likely the idea than "abusing"it.

Robertson: 1Co 7:31 - For the fashion of this world passeth away

For the fashion of this world passeth away ( paragei gar to schēma tou kosmou toutou ).

Cf. 1Jo 2:17. Schēma is the habitus , the outward appearance, old word, in N.T. only here and Phi 2:7. Paragei (old word) means "passes along"like a moving panorama (movie show!). Used of Jesus passing by in Jericho (Mat 20:30).

Vincent: 1Co 7:31 - Abusing

Abusing ( καταχρώμενοι )

Only here and 1Co 9:18. The verb means to use up or consume by using . Hence the sense of misuse by overuse . So A.V. and Rev., abuse . But the American Rev., and Rev. at 1Co 9:18, use to the full , thus according better with the preceding antitheses, which do not contrast what is right and wrong in itself (as use and abuse), but what is right in itself with what is proper under altered circumstances. In ordinary cases it is right for Christians to sorrow; but they should live now as in the near future, when earthly sorrow is to be done away. It is right for them to live in the married state, but they should " assimilate their present condition" to that in which they neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Vincent: 1Co 7:31 - Passeth away

Passeth away ( παράγει )

Or, as some, the continuous present, is passing . If the former, the nature of the worldly order is expressed. It is transitory. If the latter, the fact ; it is actually passing, with a suggestion of the nearness of the consummation. The context seems to indicate the latter.

Wesley: 1Co 7:31 - And they that use this world, as not abusing it

Not seeking happiness in it, but in God: using every thing therein only in such a manner and degree as most tends to the knowledge and love of God.

Wesley: 1Co 7:31 - For the whole scheme and fashion of this world

This marrying, weeping, rejoicing, and all the rest, not only will pass, but now passeth away, is this moment flying off like a shadow.

JFB: 1Co 7:31 - not abusing it

Not abusing it by an overmuch using of it. The meaning of "abusing" here is, not so much perverting, as using it to the full [BENGEL]. We are to use it, "not to take our fill" of its pursuits as our chief aim (compare Luk 10:40-42). As the planets while turning on their own axis, yet revolve round the sun; so while we do our part in our own worldly sphere, God is to be the center of all our desires.

JFB: 1Co 7:31 - fashion

The present fleeting form. Compare Psa 39:6, "vain show"; Psa 73:20, "a dream"; Jam 4:14, "a vapor."

JFB: 1Co 7:31 - passeth away

Not merely shall pass away, but is now actually passing away. The image is drawn from a shifting scene in a play represented on the stage (1Jo 2:17). Paul inculcates not so much the outward denial of earthly things, as the inward spirit whereby the married and the rich, as well as the unmarried and the poor, would be ready to sacrifice all for Christ's sake.

Clarke: 1Co 7:31 - And they that use this world

And they that use this world - Let them who have earthly property or employments discharge conscientiously their duties, from a conviction of the instability of earthly things. Make a right use of every thing, and pervert nothing from its use. To use a thing is to employ it properly in order to accomplish the end to which it refers. To abuse a thing signifies to pervert it from that use. Pass through things temporal, so as not to lose those which are eternal

Clarke: 1Co 7:31 - For the fashion of this world

For the fashion of this world - Το σχημα του κοσμον τουτου signifies properly the present state or constitution of things; the frame of the world, that is, the world itself. But often the term κοσμος, world, is taken to signify the Jewish state and polity; the destruction of this was then at hand, and this the Holy Spirit might then signify to the apostle.

Calvin: 1Co 7:31 - And they that use this world // For the fashion of this world passeth away

31.And they that use this world In the first clause there is the participle χρώμενοι ( using,) in the second, there is a compound of it — καταχρώμενοι ( abusing.) Now the preposition κατα in a compound state is generally taken in a bad sense, or at least denotes intensity. ⁴²⁶ Paul, therefore, directs us to a sober and frugal use of things, such as may not impede or retard our course, but may allow of our always hastening forward toward the goal.

For the fashion of this world passeth away By the term here used, the Apostle has elegantly expressed the vanity of the world. “There is nothing,” says he, “that is firm or solid; ⁴²⁷ for it is a mere show or outward appearance, as they speak.” He seems, however, to have had an allusion to theatrical representations, in which, on the curtain being drawn up in a single moment, a new appearance is presented, and those things that held the eyes of the spectators in astonishment, are immediately withdrawn from their view. I do not see why it is that Erasmus has preferred the term habitus (form.) He certainly, in my opinion, obscures Paul’s doctrine; for the term fashion is tacitly opposed to substance. ⁴²⁸

TSK: 1Co 7:31 - use // for // the fashion

use : 1Co 9:18; Ecc 2:24, Ecc 2:25, Ecc 3:12, Ecc 3:13, Ecc 5:18-20, Ecc 9:7-10, Ecc 11:2, Ecc 11:9, Ecc 11:10; Mat 24:48-50; Matt. 25:14-29; Luk 12:15-21, Luk 16:1, Luk 16:2, Luk 19:17-26, Luk 21:34; 1Ti 6:17, 1Ti 6:18; Jam 5:1-5

for : Psa 39:6, Psa 73:20; Ecc 1:4; Jam 1:10,Jam 1:11, Jam 4:14; 1Pe 1:24, 1Pe 4:7; 1Jo 2:17

the fashion : Το [Strong’ s G3588], σχημα [Strong’ s G4976], the form or appearance. Grotius remarks that the apostle’ s expression is borrowed from the theatre, where το [Strong’ s G3588], σχημα [Strong’ s G4976], της σκηνης [Strong’ s G4633], παραγει means that the scene changes, and presents an appearance entirely new.

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Poole: 1Co 7:31 - And they that use this world, as not abusing it // For the fashion of this world passeth away

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: while you have any thing of this world’ s goods you may use them, yea, you must use them, without them you cannot live in the world; but the consideration how little the time is you are like to have them to use, should govern you in the use of them, so as you ought to take heed you do not use them to any other purpose, or for any other end, than that for which God hath appointed and given them to you.

For the fashion of this world passeth away for this world is like a stage or theatre where are diversities of scenes, and the present scene abideih but for a little time, then passeth, and another scene or figure of things appeareth: those who appear this day in the form of princes and nobles, tomorrow appear as beggars, and persons of a low estate and degree.

Gill: 1Co 7:31 - And they that use this world, as not abusing it // for the fashion of this world passeth away

And they that use this world, as not abusing it,.... Such as have a large affluence of the things of this world, should use them in a moderate and temperate manner; should not squander them away extravagantly, or spend them on their lusts, and use them intemperately, which is to abuse them:

for the fashion of this world passeth away; not the nature, matter, and substance, but the figure and form of it; for after this world is burnt up, a new one, as to form and fashion, will arise, in much more beauty and glory; all that looks glorious and beautiful in the present world, as riches, honour, &c. are all mere show and appearance, having nothing solid and substantial in them; and are all fluid and transitory, are passing away; there is nothing firm and permanent; in a little time, all will be at an end, the world itself, as to its present form, and all that is in it; when there will be no more marrying, nor giving in marriage, no more buying and selling, no more of the present changes and vicissitudes of prosperity and adversity, of joy and sorrow; these scenes will be all removed, and quite a new face of things appear: wherefore what the apostle exhorts unto, with respect to present conduct and behaviour, must be right and good.