1 Corinthians 7:23

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.
  • Lev 25:42 : 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, [even] he who is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, [even] the Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit hath made you bishops, to feed the church of the Lord which he purchased with his own blood.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers; 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, [even the blood] of Christ:
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-22
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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.

    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.

  • 1 Cor 6:19-20
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    19Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own;

    20for ye were bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your body.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24Brethren, let each man, wherein he was called, therein abide with God.

  • Rom 6:16-20
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    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?

    17But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;

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

    19I 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23and ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • Gal 4:7-8
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    7So that thou art no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God.

    8Howbeit at that time, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to them that by nature are no gods:

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

  • Eph 6:5-9
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    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;

    6not in the way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    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.

    9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life.

  • Col 3:22-24
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    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: [

    23whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

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

  • Gal 5:13
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    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.

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    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
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    42For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18knowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;

  • Exod 21:2
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    2If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I was free from all [men], I brought myself under bondage to all, that I might gain the more.

  • Isa 52:3
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    3For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

  • Gal 3:28
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    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.

  • Col 4:1
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    1Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

  • Lev 25:44
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    44And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, whom thou shalt have; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21Wherefore let no one glory in men. For all things are yours;

  • John 8:36
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    36If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

  • Exod 12:44
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    44but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31Wherefore, brethren, we are not children of a handmaid, but of the freewoman.

  • Rom 7:6
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    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 6:11
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    11And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

  • Titus 2:9
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    9[ Exhort] servants to be in subjection to their own masters, [and] to be well-pleasing [to them] in all things; not gainsaying;

  • Exod 21:7
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    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    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.