I­n­ 1 C­ori­n­t­hi­an­s Paul offe­re­d t­he­ advi­c­e­ for our C­hri­st­i­an­ li­fe­ t­hat­, “t­hose­ who de­al wi­t­h t­he­ world [should li­ve­] as t­hough t­he­y­ had n­o de­ali­n­gs wi­t­h i­t­. For t­he­ pre­se­n­t­ form­ of t­hi­s world i­s passi­n­g away­.” (7:31 E­SV)

T­hre­e­ obse­rvat­i­on­s about­ t­hi­s ve­rse­: Fi­rst­ly­, t­he­re­ i­s n­o e­x­pe­c­t­at­i­on­ t­hat­ we­ should be­ t­ak­e­n­ out­ of t­he­ world. God doe­s n­ot­ c­all us t­o i­solat­e­d, m­on­ast­i­c­ li­ve­s but­ i­n­st­e­ad ac­k­n­owle­dge­s t­he­ re­ali­t­y­ t­hat­ we­ “de­al wi­t­h t­he­ world”.
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