1 Corinthians 7:21
If a servant thou wast called, be not careful, but, if also thou canst be made free, choose that thou shouldest serve.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
In Context
20Let every man in the calling in which he hath been called remain.
Cross References
Luke 10:40But Martha was occupied with much serving. And she came and said to him, My Lord, carest thou not that my sister leave me alone to serve? Tell her to help me.
Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, that at any time your hearts be not heavy with excess and drunkenness, and the care of the world, and unawares shall come upon you that day.
Galatians 3:28Jihudoya or Aramoya is not; the slave or the free is not; male or female is not; for you are all one in Jeshu Meshiha.
Philippians 4:11But I have not spoken because I have had need; for I have learned to make sufficient to me that which I have had.
1 Timothy 6:1Let those who are under the yoke of servitude hold their masters in all honour, that the name of Aloha and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
1 Peter 2:18And those servants who are among you, be subject to your masters with reverence; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the hard and the severe.
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 →