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1 Corinthians 7:22 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 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.1 Corinthians 7:22 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:22 in context
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.
24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
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Key words (Strong's)
- likewisehomoiōslikewise, equally, in the same wayG3668 →
- Christ'schristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- 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 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- freeeleutherosfreeborn, in a civil sense, one who is not a slave, of one who ceases to be a slave…G1658 →
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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