1 Corinthians 7:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Let each man abide in that calling wherein {G3739} he was called.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

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, {G3361} 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 {G2532} 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 {G2532} 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 {G3739} he was called, therein {G5129} 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 {G2398} 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Cor 7:21-27
7 verses
91%
21Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if {G2532} thou canst become free, use [it] rather.
22For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise {G2532} 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 {G3739} he was called, therein {G5129} 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, {G3361} 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 {G3303} 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.
Rom 12:7
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7or ministry, [let us give ourselves] to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;
1 Cor 7:1-2
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1Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: {G3427} 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.
1 Cor 7:10-11
2 verses
70%
10But unto the married I give charge, [yea] not I, but the Lord, That the wife depart not from her husband
11(but {G2532} should she depart, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband); and {G863} that the husband leave not his wife.
1 Pet 1:15-17
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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:
Rom 14:4-5
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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.
5One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day [alike]. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.
1 Thess 4:7
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7For God {G2564} called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
Eph 4:1
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1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called,
2 Tim 2:4-5
2 verses
69%
4No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of [this] life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
5And if also a man contend in the games, he is not crowned, except he have contended lawfully.
1 Cor 7:35
69%
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.
1 Cor 7:37
69%
37But he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power as touching in his own heart, to keep his own virgin [daughter], shall do well.
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.
Luke 10:7
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7And in that same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
Rom 12:4
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4For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:
Rom 14:12
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12So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Phil 3:16
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16only, {G3739} whereunto we have attained, by that same [rule] let us {G5426} walk.
Gal 6:5
68%
5For each man shall bear his own burden.
Eph 6:7-8
2 verses
68%
7with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:
8knowing that whatsoever {G3739} good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
1 Cor 14:40
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40But let all things be done decently and in order.
1 Cor 3:5
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5What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? {G235} {G2228} Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
2 Tim 2:21
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21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, {G2532} meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.
2 Tim 2:7
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7Consider what I say; for the Lord shall give thee understanding in all things.
Gal 5:13
67%
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 Tim 5:7
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7{G2532} These things also command, that they may be without reproach.
1 Cor 7:15
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15Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath called us in peace.
1 Cor 10:24
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24Let no man seek his own, but [each] his neighbor's [good].
Rom 14:19
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19So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
1 Cor 7:32
67%
32But I would have you to be free from cares. He that is unmarried is careful for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
1 Cor 14:38
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38But if any man is ignorant, let him be ignorant.
1 Cor 4:2
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2Here, moreover, {G3739} it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
1 Tim 6:1
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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.