1 Corinthians 7:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.

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  • Luke 10:40-41 : 40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing, and came to hym, & saide: Lorde, doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone? Byd her therfore that she helpe me. 41 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto her: Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many thynges:
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drynke, neither be ye of doubtfull mynde:
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For by one spirite, are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Iewes or gentiles, whether we be bonde or free: and haue all drunke of one spirite.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is no Iewe, neither Greke, there is neither bonde nor free, there is neither male, nor female: For ye are all one in Christe Iesu.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Be carefull for nothyng: but in all thynges, let your petition be manifest vnto God, in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes.
  • Phil 4:11 : 11 I speake not because of necessitie. For I haue learned, in whatsoeuer estate I am, therwith to be content.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where is neither Greke nor Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarian, Sythian, bonde, free: but Christe is all, and in all.
  • 1 Tim 6:1-3 : 1 Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort. 3 Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee.
  • 1 Pet 2:18-24 : 18 Seruauntes, obey your maisters with all feare, not only yf they be good & curteous, but also though they be frowarde. 19 For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued. 20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God. 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes. 22 Which did no sinne, neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth. 23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously. 24 Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree, that we beyng deliuered from sinne, shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes: By whose strypes ye were healed.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Cast all your care vpon hym, for he careth for you.

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    22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt, is the Lordes free man: Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free, is Christes seruaunt.

    23 Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men.

    24 Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God.

  • 20 Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called.

  • 13 For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.

  • 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.

  • 16 As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.

  • 7 Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

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    17 But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lorde hath called euery one, so let hym walke, and so ordeyne I in all Churches.

    18 Is any man called beyng circumcised? let him not adde vncircumcision: Is any called vncircumcised? let him not be circumcised.

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    26 I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be.

    27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife? seke not to be loosed: Art thou loosed from a wyfe? seke not a wyfe.

  • John 8:35-36
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    35 And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer.

    36 Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.

  • 2 If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.

  • 18 Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.

  • 31 So then brethren, we are not chyldren of the bonde woman, but of the free.

  • 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne, ye were free from ryghteousnesse.

  • 19 For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo.

  • Exod 21:4-5
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    4 And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

    5 And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free:

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1 Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke, count their maisters worthy of all honour, that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2 And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters, despise them not because they are brethren: but rather do seruice, forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite. These thynges teache and exhort.

  • 16 Not nowe as a seruaunt, but aboue a seruaunt, a brother beloued, specially to me: but howe much more vnto thee, both in the fleshe, and in the Lorde?

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But which of you, hauyng a seruaunt plowyng, or feedyng cattell, woulde say vnto hym by & by when he were come from the fielde, go and syt downe at the table:

    8 And woulde not rather say vnto hym, dresse, wherwith I may suppe, & gyrde vp thy selfe, and serue me, tyll I haue eaten and dronken, and afterward eate thou, and drynke thou?

  • Eph 6:7-8
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    7 Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men:

    8 Knowyng, that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth, that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde, whether he be bonde or free.

  • 32 I woulde haue you without care: He that is vnmaryed, careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde, how he may please the Lorde:

  • 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe.

  • 19 There are small and great, and the seruaunt is free from his maister.

  • 39 If thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poore, and be solde vnto thee, thou shalt not compell hym to serue as a bonde seruaunt:

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    26 But ye shall not be so. But he that is greatest among you, shalbe as the younger, and he that is chiefe, shalbe as he that doth minister.

    27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.

  • 1 And I say, that the heyre, as long as he is a chylde, differeth nothyng from a seruaut, though he be Lorde of all,

  • 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.

  • 7 And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.

  • 22 Seruauntes, obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters: not with eye seruice, as men pleasers, but in singlenesse of heart, fearyng God.

  • 27 And who so wyl be chiefe among you, let hym be your seruaunt.

  • 11 He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt.

  • 16 Knowe ye not, how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey, his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey: whether it be of sinne vnto death, or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse?

  • 35 This speake I for your profite, not to tangle you in a snare: but that ye may folowe that which is honest and comely, and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation.

  • 4 What art thou that iudgest another mans seruaunt? To his owne maister he standeth or falleth: Yea, he shalbe holden vp. For god is able to make him stande.

  • 9 Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:

  • 1 Maisters, do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust & equall, knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen.

  • 26 And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake.

  • 28 There is no Iewe, neither Greke, there is neither bonde nor free, there is neither male, nor female: For ye are all one in Christe Iesu.

  • 21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:

  • 12 If thy brother an Hebrue sell hym selfe to thee, or an Hebrue woman, and serue thee sixe yeres, in the seuenth yere thou shalt let hym go free from thee.

  • 3 So then yf whyle the man lyueth, she couple her selfe with another man, she shalbe counted a wedlocke breaker: But yf the man be dead, she is free from the law, so that she is no wedlocke breaker, though she couple her selfe with another man.