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I. TO ITS SORROWS.

1. It prepares for them.

2. Moderates their effect.

3. Mixes them with hope.

II. TO ITS JOYS. It teaches us —

1. To regard them as the gilt of God.

2. To use them moderately.

3. To employ them as a means to invigorate us for the more serious business of life.

III. TO BUSINESS. It inculcates —

1. Diligence.

2. Contentment.

3. The vanity of earthly gain.

(J. Lyth, D. D.)

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KJV: But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

WEB: But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;