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1 Corinthians 7:21 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 21
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.1 Corinthians 7:21 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:21 in context
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.
23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- calledkaleōto call, to call aloud, utter in a loud voice, to invite, to callG2564 →
- mayestdynamaito be able, have power whether by virtue of one s own ability and resources, or of a…G1410 →
- rathermallonmore, to a greater degree, rather, much, by far, rather, sooner, more willingly, more…G3123 →
- caremeleito care aboutG3199 →
- madeginomaito becomeG1096 →
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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