4 Ezra 16:40-44 “Hear my words, O my people; prepare for battle, and in the midst of the calamities be like strangers on the earth. Let him that sells be like one who will flee; let him that buys be like one who will lose; let him that does business be like one who will not make a profit; and let him that builds a house be like one who will not live in it; let him that sows be like one who will not reap; so also him that prunes the vines, like one who will not gather the grapes; them that marry, like those who will have no children; and them that do not marry, like those that are widowed.”  

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; 30 and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; 31 and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the present form of this world is passing away.

Since the conclusion of 4 Ezra is a late addition, most commentators believe 4 Ezra 16:40–44 is actually informed by Paul, which seems to me to further evidence an early apocalyptic reading of 1 Cor. 7:29–31. -John P. Harrigan