1 Corinthians 7:20

American Standard Version (1901)

Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

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  • Luke 3:10-14 : 10 And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do? 11 And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise. 12 And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do? 13 And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you. 14 And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be content with your wages. [
  • 1 Cor 7:17 : 17 Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.
  • 1 Cor 7:21-24 : 21 Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it] rather. 22 For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant. 23 Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. 24 Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.

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    21Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use [it] rather.

    22For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.

    23Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

    24Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

    25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.

    26I think therefore that this is good by reason of the distress that is upon us, [namely], that it is good for a man to be as he is.

    27Art thou bound unto a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? Seek not a wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-19
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    17Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

    18Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

    19Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-8
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    6But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

    7Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

    8But I say to the unmarried and to widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

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    7or ministry, [let us give ourselves] to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

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    1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

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    10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband

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    15but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

    16because it is written, Ye shall be holy; for I am holy.

    17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

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    4Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

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    7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

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    4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

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    35And this I say for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is seemly, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

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