1 Corinthians 7:23
You-are-purchased of{value}; do_not_be-becoming slaves of{men}.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
In Context
24Each in to{which} he-is-called, brothers, in to{the-same}, [each:] be-remaining beside to{the God}.
Cross References
Acts 20:28Be-holding-toward to{sameselves} and to{all the shepherded[flock]-let} in to{which} the Spirit, the Holy, places-such-as-to-be-placed you watch-upon-ers/overseers/supervisors to-be-shepherding the out-calling of{the Lord}, which he-makes-about-such-as-to-be-made-about through of{the blood} of{the own/self},
Galatians 2:4Moreover, through the [furtively]led-aside-into[adjective] false-brothers, the-who come-aside-into to-watch-down/against/according-to[i.e. scope out] the emancipation/liberation/release-ia/freedom of{us}, which we-are-having in to{Anointed Jesus}, in-which-place they-will-slave-down[i.e. reduce to slavery] us,
1 Peter 1:18having-beheld that not to{ruinable[plural]}, to{silver-piece} or to{gold-piece}, you-are-liberated[i.e. redeemed] out of{the vain father/paternal[i.e. ancestral/hereditary]-given-aside/deliver-ive turn-anew/conversion} of{you};
Revelation 5:9and they-are-singing [a] new song, saying, "You-are-being worthy to-take the scrollet and to-open-up the seals of{same}, that you-are-slaughtered and you-purchase us to{the God} in to{the blood} of{you} 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 →