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1 Corinthians 7:23 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 7 · verse 23
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.1 Corinthians 7:23 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 7:23 in context
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.
25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
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Key words (Strong's)
- servantsdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- boughtagorazōto be in the market place, to attend it, to do business there, buy or sell, of idle…G59 →
- pricetimēa valuing by which the price is fixed, of the price itself, of the price paid or received…G5092 →
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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