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30 People who cry should live as though they were not sad. People who laugh should live as though they were not glad. People who buy things should live as though they did not own them.

31 And people who are busy with things in this world should not be too busy. The world as we see it is passing away.

32 I want your minds to be free. The man who is not married thinks about the things of the Lord. He tries to please the Lord.

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30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(A)

32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs(B)—how he can please the Lord.

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