1 Corinthians 7:21

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Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so.

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  • Luke 10:40-41 : 40 But Martha was distracted by much serving. So she came to Him and asked, 'Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her, therefore, to help me.' 41 The Lord answered her, 'Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.'
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 So do not seek what you will eat or what you will drink, and do not worry about it.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
  • Phil 4:11 : 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.
  • 1 Tim 6:1-3 : 1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching are not slandered. 2 Those who have believing masters should not disregard them because they are brothers; instead, they should serve them even more, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Teach and encourage these things. 3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'
  • 1 Pet 2:18-24 : 18 Servants, submit yourselves with all respect to your masters, not only to those who are good and gentle but also to those who are harsh. 19 For this is commendable: if someone endures grief, suffering unjustly because of their conscience toward God. 20 What credit is it if you sin and are beaten for it, and you endure? But if you do good and suffer for it, and you endure, this is commendable before God. 21 To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps. 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly. 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your anxieties upon Him, because He cares for you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:22-24
    3 verses
    89%

    22For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.

    23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

    24Brothers and sisters, each one should remain with God in the condition they were in when called.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
    79%

    20Each person should remain in the condition in which they were called.

  • Gal 5:13
    75%

    13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • Gal 5:1
    75%

    1For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    74%

    16Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

  • Gal 4:7
    74%

    7So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through God.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-18
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    73%

    17Nevertheless, each person should live as the Lord has assigned them, just as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

    18Was anyone called after being circumcised? Let him not undo his circumcision. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • 1 Cor 7:26-27
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    73%

    26Because of the present distress, I think it is good for a person to remain as they are.

    27Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

  • John 8:35-36
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    73%

    35A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever.

    36So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.

  • Exod 21:2
    72%

    2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he shall go free, without any payment.

  • Rom 6:18
    72%

    18Having been set free from sin, you became slaves to righteousness.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.

  • Rom 6:20
    71%

    20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.

  • Exod 21:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out by himself.

    5But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I do not want to go free,’

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their own masters as worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching are not slandered.

    2Those who have believing masters should not disregard them because they are brothers; instead, they should serve them even more, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Teach and encourage these things.

  • Phlm 1:16
    70%

    16No longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but even more to you, both in the physical relationship and in the Lord.

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    70%

    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

    8Instead, won't he say to him, ‘Prepare my dinner, make yourself ready and serve me while I eat and drink; after that, you may eat and drink’?

  • Eph 6:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Serve with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to people,

    8knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
    69%

    32I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord.

  • Rom 6:22
    69%

    22But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.

  • Job 3:19
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:39
    69%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    69%

    26But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

    27For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

  • Gal 4:1
    69%

    1I say that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, even though he is the master of everything.

  • Eph 6:5
    68%

    5Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ.

  • Exod 21:7
    68%

    7If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do.

  • Col 3:22
    68%

    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

  • Matt 20:27
    68%

    27'And whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave.'

  • Matt 23:11
    68%

    11The greatest among you will be your servant.

  • Rom 6:16
    68%

    16Do you not know that if you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

  • 1 Cor 7:35
    68%

    35I am saying this for your benefit, not to restrict you, but so that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

  • Rom 14:4
    68%

    4Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own Master they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

  • Titus 2:9
    67%

    9Slaves are to submit to their own masters in everything, aiming to be well-pleasing and not argumentative.

  • Col 4:1
    67%

    1Masters, treat your servants with justice and fairness, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

  • Exod 21:26
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    26If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.

  • Gal 3:28
    67%

    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  • Eccl 7:21
    67%

    21Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

  • Deut 15:12
    67%

    12If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.

  • Rom 7:3
    67%

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.