1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
In Context
24Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:42For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.
Acts 20:28Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
Galatians 2:4This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
1 Peter 1:18knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things like silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
Revelation 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, 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 →