1 Corinthians 7:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For ye are dearely bought: therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite, which are Gods.
  • Lev 25:42 : 42 For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: For one is your maister, euen Christe, and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father, vpon the earth: for one is your father, which is in heauen. 10 Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister euen Christe. 11 He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of incommers, being false brethren, which came in priuily, to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu, that they myght bryng vs into bondage.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Which gaue hym selfe for vs, that he myght redeeme vs from all vnryghteousnesse, and pourge vs a peculier people vnto hym selfe, zelous of good workes.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers: 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lambe vndefiled, & without spot:
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes, the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God, and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe, but was quickened in the spirite.
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they song a newe song, saying: Thou art worthy to take the booke and to open the seales therof: for thou wast kylled, and hast redeemed vs to God by thy blood, out of al kinrede, and tongue, and people, and nation:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-22
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    20Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called.

    21Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.

    22For 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.

  • 1 Cor 6:19-20
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    81%

    19Knowe ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost whiche is in you, whom ye haue of God, and ye are not your owne?

    20For ye are dearely bought: therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite, which are Gods.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24Brethren, let euery man wherin he is called, therin abyde with God.

  • Rom 6:16-20
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    16Knowe 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?

    17But God be thanked, that ye were the seruautes of sinne: but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine, into the which ye were brought vnto.

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

    19I speake after the maner of men, because of the infirmitie of your fleshe. As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie, vnto iniquitie: euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse, vnto holynesse.

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

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23And ye are Christes, and Christe (is) Gods.

  • Gal 4:7-8
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    7Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt, but a sonne: If thou be a sonne, thou art also an heire of God, through Christ.

    8Notwithstandyng, when ye knewe not God, ye dyd seruice vnto the which by nature are no Gods.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16As free, and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes, but euen as the seruauntes of God.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.

  • Eph 6:5-9
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    5Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters, with feare and tremblyng, in singlenesse of your heart, as vnto Christe.

    6Not with seruice vnto the eye, as men pleasers: but as the seruautes of Christ.

    7Doyng the wyll of God fro the heart, with good wyll seruyng the Lorde, and not men:

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

    9And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them, puttyng away threatnyng: knowyng that your maister also is in heauen, neither is respecte of person with hym.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe.

  • Col 3:22-24
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    72%

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

    23And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men:

    24Knowyng, that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce, for ye serue the Lorde Christe:

  • Gal 5:13
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    13For brethren, ye haue ben called into libertie: Only let not libertie be an occasio to the flesshe, but by loue serue one another.

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    10Neither be ye called maisters: for one is your maister euen Christe.

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

  • Lev 25:42
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    42For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen.

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18Forasmuch as ye knowe, howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges, as siluer and golde, from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers:

  • Exod 21:2
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    2If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19Whyle they promise them libertie, where as they them selues are ye bonde seruauntes of corruption. For of whom a man is ouercome, vnto the same is he brought in bondage.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1Let 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.

    2And 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.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I be free from all men, yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men, that I might win the mo.

  • Isa 52:3
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    3For thus saith the Lorde: ye are solde for naught, therfore shal ye be redeemed also without any money.

  • Gal 3:28
    69%

    28There 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.

  • Col 4:1
    69%

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

  • Lev 25:44
    69%

    44Thy bondseruaunt and thy bondemayde which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye purchase seruauntes and maydes.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21Therfore, let no man reioyce in men: For all thynges are yours:

  • John 8:36
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    36Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.

  • Exod 12:44
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    44But euery seruaunt that is bought for money, after that thou hast circumcised hym, shall eate therof.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39If 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:

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe? Shall I then take the members of Christe, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31So then brethren, we are not chyldren of the bonde woman, but of the free.

  • Rom 7:6
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    6But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe, and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage, that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And such were some of you: but ye are wasshed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus, and by the spirite of our God.

  • Titus 2:9
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    9Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:

  • Exod 21:7
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    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16Not 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?