1 Corinthians 7:23
Ye were bought with a price, become not bondmen of men.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
In Context
24Brothers, each man, in what he was called, should remain in this before God.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:42For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as bondmen.
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.
Galatians 2:4But that issue was because of those FALSE brothers smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy out our liberty that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us,
1 Peter 1:18Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,
Revelation 5:9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 7:18-25
Christian Contentment. ( a. d. 57.) 17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for… Read the whole commentary →