## The time is short ##

AT: "There is little time" or "Time is almost gone."

## weep ##

AT: "cry" or "grieve with tears"

## they did not have their possessions ##

AT: "they did not own anything"

## those who deal with the world ##

AT: "those who deal every day with unbelievers".

## as though they had no dealings with it ##

AT: "like they did not deal with unbelievers."

## for the system of this world is coming to an end ##

Because Satan's control of this world will soon stop.