1 Corinthians 7:23
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
25 Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
- KJV
- Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
- WEB
- You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
- ASV
- Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
- DARBY
- Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.
- BLB
- You⁺ were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
- ÅB
- Dere er dyrt kjøpt; bli ikke menneskers slaver!
- OTB
- Dere ble kjøpt til en pris; derfor, ikke bli slaver av mennesker.
- B1930
- I er dyrt kjøpt; bli ikke menneskers træler!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 6:20
you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
Read in context1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
Read in contextTitus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Read in contextLeviticus 25:42
Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
Read in contextRevelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Read in context1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Read in contextActs 20:28
Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Read in contextGalatians 2:4
This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
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