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1 Corinthians 7:18-19 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verses 18–19
18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.1 Corinthians 7:18-19 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:18-19 in context
16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
17But 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.
18Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uncircumcisionakrobystiahaving the foreskin, uncircumcised, a Gentile, a condition in which the corrupt desires…G203 →
- Circumcisionperitomēcircumcised, the act or rite of circumcision, " they of the circumcision" is a…G4061 →
- commandmentsentolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- circumcisedperitemnōto cut around, to circumcise, cut off one's prepuce , to get one's self circumcised…G4059 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- keepingtērēsisa watching, of prisoners, a place where prisoners are kept, a prison, a keeping…G5084 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Here the apostle takes occasion to advise them to continue in the state and condition in which Christianity found them, and in which they became converts to it. And here, I. He lays down this rule in general - as God hath distributed to every one.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-24