1 Corinthians 7:20
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.
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
- KJV
- Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
- WEB
- Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
- ASV
- Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.
- DARBY
- Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.
- BLB
- Each in the calling in which he has been called—in this let him remain.
- ÅB
- Hver bli i det kall han ble kalt i!
- OTB
- Hver person skal forbli i den tilstanden de ble kalt.
- B1930
- Hver bli i det kall han blev kalt i!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 7:17
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.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:11
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Read in contextProverbs 27:8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 3:12
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:21–24
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Read in contextLuke 3:10–14
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
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