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And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashionq of this world passeth away.

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Psa. 39:6• ⁶Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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James 4:14• ¹⁴ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) (James 4:14)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; (1 Peter 4:7)

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1 John 2:17• ¹⁷And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity. (1 John 2:17)

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1 Cor. 9:18• ¹⁸What is the reward then that I have? That in announcing the glad tidings I make the glad tidings costless to others, so as not to have made use, as belonging to me, of my right in announcing the glad tidings. (1 Cor. 9:18)

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Eccl. 2:24‑25• ²⁴There is nothing good for man, but that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
²⁵For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I? (Eccl. 2:24‑25)

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Eccl. 3:12‑13• ¹²I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;
¹³yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God. (Eccl. 3:12‑13)

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Eccl. 5:18‑20• ¹⁸Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.
¹⁹Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God.
²⁰For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth him with the joy of his heart. (Eccl. 5:18‑20)

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Eccl. 9:7‑10• ⁷Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
⁸Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil.
⁹Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.
¹⁰Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest. (Eccl. 9:7‑10)

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Eccl. 11:2,9‑10• ²Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
⁹Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
¹⁰Then remove discontent from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for childhood and youth are vanity. (Eccl. 11:2,9‑10)

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Matt. 24:48‑50• ⁴⁸But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
⁴⁹and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
⁵⁰the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, (Matt. 24:48‑50)

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Matt. 25:14‑29• ¹⁴For it is as if a man going away out of a country called his own bondmen and delivered to them his substance.
¹⁵And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his particular ability, and immediately went away out of the country.
¹⁶And he that had received the five talents went and trafficked with them, and made five other talents.
¹⁷In like manner also he that had received the two, he also gained two others.
¹⁸But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.
¹⁹And after a long time the lord of those bondmen comes and reckons with them.
²⁰And he that had received the five talents came to him and brought five other talents, saying, My lord, thou deliveredst me five talents; behold, I have gained five other talents besides them.
²¹His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.
²²And he also that had received the two talents came to him and said, My lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.
²³His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
²⁴And he also that had received the one talent coming to him said, My lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,
²⁵and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.
²⁶And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;
²⁷thou oughtest then to have put my money to the money-changers, and when I came I should have got what is mine with interest.
²⁸Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that has the ten talents:
²⁹for to every one that has shall be given, and he shall be in abundance; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him. (Matt. 25:14‑29)

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Luke 12:15‑21• ¹⁵And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
¹⁶And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
¹⁷And he reasoned within himself saying, What shall I do? for I have not a place where I shall lay up my fruits.
¹⁸And he said, This will I do: I will take away my granaries and build greater, and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
¹⁹and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
²⁰But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
²¹Thus is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. (Luke 12:15‑21)

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Luke 16:1‑2• ¹And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward, and *he* was accused to him as wasting his goods.
²And having called him, he said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward. (Luke 16:1‑2)

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Luke 19:17‑26• ¹⁷And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.
¹⁸And the second came, saying, My Lord, thy mina has made five minas.
¹⁹And he said also to this one, And *thou*, be over five cities.
²⁰And another came, saying, My Lord, lo, there is thy mina, which I have kept laid up in a towel.
²¹For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.
²²He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that *I* am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.
²³And why didst thou not give my money to the bank; and *I* should have received it, at my coming, with interest?
²⁴And he said to those that stood by, Take from him the mina and give it to him who has the ten minas.
²⁵And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas.
²⁶For I say unto you, that to every one that has shall be given; but from him that has not, that even which he has shall be taken from him. (Luke 19:17‑26)

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Luke 21:34• ³⁴But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares; (Luke 21:34)

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1 Tim. 6:17‑18• ¹⁷Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;
¹⁸to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal in distributing, disposed to communicate of their substance, (1 Tim. 6:17‑18)

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James 5:1‑5• ¹Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
²Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten.
³Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
⁴Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
⁵Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter; (James 5:1‑5)

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Psa. 39:6• ⁶Verily, man walketh in a vain show; verily they are disquieted in vain; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Psa. 39:6)

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Psa. 73:20• ²⁰As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. (Psa. 73:20)

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Eccl. 1:4• ⁴One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever. (Eccl. 1:4)

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James 1:10‑11• ¹⁰and the rich in his humiliation, because as the grass's flower he will pass away.
¹¹For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings. (James 1:10‑11)

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James 4:14• ¹⁴ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ( for what is your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,) (James 4:14)

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1 Peter 1:24• ²⁴Because all flesh is as grass, and all its glory as the flower of grass. The grass has withered and its flower has fallen; (1 Peter 1:24)

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1 Peter 4:7• ⁷But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers; (1 Peter 4:7)

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1 John 2:17• ¹⁷And the world is passing, and its lust, but he that does the will of God abides for eternity. (1 John 2:17)

the fashion.[To schema ,] the form or appearance. Grotius remarks that the apostle's expression is borrowed from the theatre, where [to schema tes skenes paragei] means that the scene changes, and presents an appearance entirely new.

J. N. Darby Translation

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and they that use the world, as not disposing of it as their ownd; for the fashion of this world passes.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, ch. 9.18.

W. Kelly Translation

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and those that use the worlda as not using [it] for themselvesb; for the fashion of the world passeth away.

WK Translation Notes

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Some read "this world."

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Or "not using it in full." It is not "abusing" the world, but using it for oneself, not for the Lord. See chapter 9:18.