as not abusing it Perhaps better, as not using It to excess. So in ch. 1 Corinthians 9:18.

for the fashion of this world passeth away Rather, is passing away, as a scene in a theatre (see Stanley and Alford's notes). This translation brings out more clearly the belief of the early Church in the speedy coming of Christ. Cf. 1 John 2:17.

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