1 Corinthians 7:23
With a price, have ye been bought,—do not become bond-servants of men:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
In Context
24Each one, wherein he was called, brethren, in the same, let him abide with God.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:42For, my bondmen, they are, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt,—they shall not sell themselves with the sale of a bondman.
Acts 20:28Be taking heed unto yourselves, and unto all the little flock in which the Holy Spirit hath set, you, as overseers,—to be shepherding the assembly of God which he hath acquired through means of the blood of his own.
Galatians 2:4But, [this was] because of the false brethren secretly introduced,—who, indeed, came in secretly to spy out our freedom, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:—
1 Peter 1:18Knowing that, Not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, have ye been redeemed from your unmeaning behaviour paternally handed down,
Revelation 5:9and they sing a new song, saying—Worthy, art thou, to take the scroll and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and didst redeem unto God by thy blood [men] 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 →