1 Corinthians 7:22

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For 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.

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  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  • Phlm 1:16 : 16 No 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.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal value with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant; you have freed me from my chains.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, would serve Him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." 33 They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?" 34 Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. 35 A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be truly free.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
  • Rom 6:18-22 : 18 Having been set free from sin, you became slaves to righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present them as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death. 22 But now, having been freed from sin and bound to God, you have your fruit, which leads to sanctification—and the outcome is eternal life.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 For freedom, Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • Eph 6:5-6 : 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with sincerity of heart, as you would Christ. 6 Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
  • Col 3:22-24 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for people. 24 Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you. He is always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

    21Were you called while a slave? Do not let it trouble you. But if you can gain your freedom, do so.

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

    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.

  • 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.

  • Gal 4:7
    74%

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

  • Rom 6:18
    73%

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

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    73%

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

  • Exod 21:2
    73%

    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.

  • Gal 5:13
    72%

    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.

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

    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.

  • Rom 6:20
    72%

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

  • Eph 6:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • John 8:34-36
    3 verses
    71%

    34Jesus replied, "Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

    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.

  • Rom 6:22
    71%

    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.

  • Rom 6:16
    71%

    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 9:19
    71%

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

  • Gal 4:31
    70%

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

  • 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.

  • Gal 3:28
    70%

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

  • 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.

  • Col 3:22
    70%

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

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

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

  • Rom 6:7
    70%

    7For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

  • Ps 116:16
    69%

    16O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant; you have freed me from my chains.

  • 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.

  • Matt 23:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

    11The greatest among you will be your servant.

  • Lev 25:42
    69%

    42Because the Israelites are my servants, whom I brought out of Egypt, they must not be sold as slaves.

  • Rom 7:6
    69%

    6But now we have been released from the law, having died to what once bound us, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    69%

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

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    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.

  • Rom 7:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2For a married woman is legally bound to her husband while he is alive; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.

    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.

    4Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—in order that we might bear fruit for God.

  • Col 4:1
    68%

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

  • Jer 34:9
    68%

    9Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    68%

    19They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.

  • Gal 4:22
    68%

    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and one by the free woman.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    68%

    39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, only in the Lord.

  • Exod 21:5
    68%

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

  • Col 3:11
    68%

    11Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and in all.

  • Job 3:19
    68%

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

  • Col 3:24
    67%

    24Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ.