1 Corinthians 7:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
  • Phlm 1:16 : 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.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who with us have a part in the same holy faith in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 That we, being made free from the fear of those who are against us, might give him worship, 75 In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 And you will have knowledge of what is true, and that will make you free. 33 They said to him in answer, We are Abraham's seed and have never been any man's servant: why do you say, You will become free? 34 And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin. 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.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
  • Rom 6:18-22 : 18 And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness. 19 I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy. 20 When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had you at that time in the things which are now a shame to you? for the end of such things is death. 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
  • Gal 5:13 : 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.
  • Eph 6:5-6 : 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; 6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
  • Col 3:22-24 : 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: 23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men; 24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his love, ever taking thought for you in his prayers, that you may be complete and fully certain of all the purpose of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-21
    2 verses
    89%

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

    21 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.

  • 1 Cor 7:23-24
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rom 6:18
    73%

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

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    73%

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

  • Exod 21:2
    73%

    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.

  • Gal 5:13
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Rom 6:20
    72%

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

  • Eph 6:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • John 8:34-36
    3 verses
    71%

    34 And this was the answer Jesus gave them: Truly I say to you, Everyone who does evil is the servant of sin.

    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.

  • Rom 6:22
    71%

    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.

  • Rom 6:16
    71%

    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 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.

  • Gal 4:31
    70%

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

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    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.

  • Gal 3:28
    70%

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

  • Phlm 1:16
    70%

    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.

  • Col 3:22
    70%

    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:

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

    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;

  • Rom 6:7
    70%

    7 Because he who is dead is free from sin.

  • Ps 116:16
    69%

    16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

  • 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;

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    69%

    10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

    11 But let the greatest among you be your servant.

  • Lev 25:42
    69%

    42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.

  • Rom 7:6
    69%

    6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    69%

    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.

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    69%

    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.

  • Rom 7:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2 For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    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.

    4 In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.

  • Col 4:1
    68%

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

  • Jer 34:9
    68%

    9 That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    68%

    19 Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

  • Gal 4:22
    68%

    22 Because it is in the Writings, that Abraham had two sons, one by the servant-woman, and one by the free woman.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    68%

    39 It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

  • Exod 21:5
    68%

    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:

  • Col 3:11
    68%

    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.

  • Job 3:19
    68%

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

  • Col 3:24
    67%

    24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.