²⁹ But this I say, brethren, the time is short, so that from now on even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

²⁹ What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;

²⁹ This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,