1 Corinthians 7:23
With a price are you bought; you will not be servants of men.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
In Context
24Every one in that in which he was called, my brethren, in it let him remain unto Aloha.
Cross References
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to the whole flock over which the Spirit of Holiness hath constituted you the bishops; to pasture the church of the Meshiha which he hath purchased with his blood.
Galatians 2:4But on account of false brethren, who entered upon us that they might espy the liberty which we have in Jeshu Meshiha as that they might bring me into subjection;
1 Peter 1:18while you know that not with silver which wasteth away, nor with gold, you have been redeemed from your vain works which you received from your fathers,
Revelation 5:9And they hymned a new hymn, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, And to open the seals thereof; Because thou wast slain, And hast redeemed us to Aloha by thy blood, From 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 →