1 Corinthians 7:22

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
  • Phlm 1:16 : 16 no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and [the] Saviour Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies Should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin. 35 And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever. 36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
  • Rom 6:18-22 : 18 and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye presented your members [as] servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity, even so now present your members [as] servants to righteousness unto sanctification. 20 For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness. 21 What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all [men], I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? or am I striving to please men? if I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
  • Eph 6:5-6 : 5 Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
  • Col 3:22-24 : 22 Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: [ 23 whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; 24 knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-21
    2 verses
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    20Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

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

  • 1 Cor 7:23-24
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    84%

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

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

  • Gal 5:1
    75%

    1For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

  • Gal 4:7
    74%

    7So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

  • Rom 6:18
    73%

    18and being made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    73%

    16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

  • Exod 21:2
    73%

    2If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • Gal 5:13
    72%

    13For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-18
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    72%

    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.

  • Rom 6:20
    72%

    20For when ye were servants of sin, ye were free in regard of righteousness.

  • Eph 6:7-8
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    71%

    7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:

    8knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.

  • John 8:34-36
    3 verses
    71%

    34Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Every one that committeth sin is the bondservant of sin.

    35And the bondservant abideth not in the house for ever: the son abideth for ever.

    36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

  • Rom 6:22
    71%

    22But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

  • Rom 6:16
    71%

    16Know ye not, that to whom ye present yourselves [as] servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

  • 1 Cor 9:19
    71%

    19For though I was free from all [men], I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

  • Gal 4:31
    70%

    31Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

  • Gal 3:28
    70%

    28There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one [man] in Christ Jesus.

  • Phlm 1:16
    70%

    16no longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much rather to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

  • Col 3:22
    70%

    22Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord: [

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

    5Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

  • Rom 6:7
    70%

    7for he that hath died is justified from sin.

  • Ps 116:16
    69%

    16O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

  • Gal 4:1
    69%

    1But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a bondservant though he is lord of all;

  • Matt 23:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ.

    11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

  • Lev 25:42
    69%

    42For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • Rom 7:6
    69%

    6But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that wherein we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    69%

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

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    69%

    26But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

    27For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.

  • Rom 7:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

    3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

    4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, [even] to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

  • Col 4:1
    68%

    1Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

  • Jer 34:9
    68%

    9that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, [to wit], of a Jew his brother.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    68%

    19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

  • Gal 4:22
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    22For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
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    39A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

  • Exod 21:5
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    5But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:

  • Col 3:11
    68%

    11where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondman, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

  • Job 3:19
    68%

    19The small and the great are there: And the servant is free from his master.

  • Col 3:24
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    24knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.