1 Corinthians 7:22
For he that was called in the Lord, being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called, being free, is Christ’s bondservant.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
21Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: but if thou canst become free, use it rather.
23Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
Cross References
Psalms 116:16O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.
John 8:32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Romans 6:18and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.
Galatians 1:10For am I now persuading men, or God? or am I seeking to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 5:13For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only use not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
Colossians 3:22Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
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 →