1 Corinthians 7:17
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
- ASV
- Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.
- DARBY
- However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.
- BLB
- Nevertheless, as the Lord apportioned to each, as God has called each, thus let him walk. And thus I direct in all the churches.
- ÅB
- Dog vandre hver slik som Herren har gitt ham, som Gud har kalt ham! Og slik foreskriver jeg i alle menigheter.
- OTB
- Likevel, slik Herren har tildelt hver enkelt, slik Gud har kalt hver, la dem leve på denne måten. Dette er min regel i alle kirkene.
- B1930
- Dog vandre hver således som Herren har gitt ham, som Gud har kalt ham! Og således foreskriver jeg i alle menigheter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:24
Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Read in contextRomans 12:3–8
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:20–21
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:28
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:18
And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:18
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:7
For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Read in context