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1 Corinthians 7:20 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 20
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.1 Corinthians 7:20 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:20 in context
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.
22For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- callingklēsisa calling, calling to, a call, invitation, to a feast, of the divine invitation to…G2821 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- abidemenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
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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