1 Corinthians 7:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.

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  • Luke 10:40-41 : 40 But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help. 41 But the Lord, answering, said to her, Martha, Martha, you are full of care and troubled about such a number of things:
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 And do not give overmuch thought to your food and drink, and let not your mind be full of doubts.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 But give attention to yourselves, for fear that your hearts become over-full of the pleasures of food and wine, and the cares of this life, and that day may come on you suddenly, and take you as in a net:
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Have no cares; but in everything with prayer and praise put your requests before God.
  • Phil 4:11 : 11 But I will not say anything about my needs, for I am able, wherever I am, to be dependent on myself.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.
  • 1 Tim 6:1-3 : 1 Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching. 2 And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things. 3 If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.
  • 1 Pet 2:18-24 : 18 Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured. 19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done. 20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God. 21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps: 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: 23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness: 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

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  • 1 Cor 7:22-24
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    89%

    22 For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

    23 It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.

    24 My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    79%

    20 Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.

  • Gal 5:13
    75%

    13 Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.

  • Gal 5:1
    75%

    1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    74%

    16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;

  • Gal 4:7
    74%

    7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-18
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    73%

    17 Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

    18 If any man who is a Christian has had circumcision, let him keep so; and if any man who is a Christian has not had circumcision, let him make no change.

  • 1 Cor 7:26-27
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    73%

    26 In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

    27 If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

  • John 8:35-36
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    35 Now the servant does not go on living in the house for ever, but the son does.

    36 If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.

  • Exod 21:2
    72%

    2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

  • Rom 6:18
    72%

    18 And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.

  • Gal 4:31
    71%

    31 So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.

  • Rom 6:20
    71%

    20 When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
    71%

    19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

  • Exod 21:4-5
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    4 If his master gives him a wife, and he gets sons or daughters by her, the wife and her children will be the property of the master, and the servant is to go away by himself.

    5 But if the servant says clearly, My master and my wife and children are dear to me; I have no desire to be free:

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.

    2 And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,

    8 Will he not say, Get a meal for me, and make yourself ready and see to my needs till I have had my food and drink; and after that you may have yours?

  • Eph 6:7-8
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    7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

    8 In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
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    32 But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:

  • Rom 6:22
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    22 But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.

  • Job 3:19
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    19 The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.

  • Lev 25:39
    69%

    39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    26 But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

    27 For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

  • Gal 4:1
    69%

    1 But I say that as long as the son is a child, he is in no way different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

  • Eph 6:5
    68%

    5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

  • Exod 21:7
    68%

    7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

  • Col 3:22
    68%

    22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:

  • Matt 20:27
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    27 And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him take the lowest place:

  • Matt 23:11
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    11 But let the greatest among you be your servant.

  • Rom 6:16
    68%

    16 Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.

  • 1 Cor 7:35
    68%

    35 Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

  • Rom 14:4
    68%

    4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.

  • Titus 2:9
    67%

    9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;

  • Col 4:1
    67%

    1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

  • Exod 21:26
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    26 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.

  • Gal 3:28
    67%

    28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

  • Eccl 7:21
    67%

    21 Do not give ear to all the words which men say, for fear of hearing the curses of your servant.

  • Deut 15:12
    67%

    12 If one of your countrymen, a Hebrew man or woman, becomes your servant for a price and does work for you six years, in the seventh year let him go free.

  • Rom 7:3
    67%

    3 So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.