1 Corinthians 7:23

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

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  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
  • Lev 25:42 : 42 For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 ‹But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,› [even] ‹Christ; and all ye are brethren.› 9 ‹And call no› [man] ‹your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.› 10 ‹Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,› [even] ‹Christ.› 11 ‹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.›
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 ¶ For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-22
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    20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

    21Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.

    22For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant.

  • 1 Cor 6:19-20
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    19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

    20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

  • 1 Cor 7:24
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    24Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

  • Rom 6:16-20
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    16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

    17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

    18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

    19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

    20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.

  • Gal 4:7-8
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    7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

    8¶ Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1¶ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

  • Eph 6:5-9
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    5Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

    6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:

    8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.

    9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  • Col 3:22-24
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    22Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

    23And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

    24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13¶ For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use] not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    10‹Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,› [even] ‹Christ.›

    11‹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.›

  • Lev 25:42
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    42For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;

  • Exod 21:2
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    2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1¶ Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19¶ For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

  • Isa 52:3
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    3For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

  • Gal 3:28
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    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

  • Col 4:1
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    1¶ Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

  • Lev 25:44
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    44Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21¶ Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

  • John 8:36
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    36‹If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.›

  • Exod 12:44
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    44But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39¶ And if thy brother [that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the members of an harlot? God forbid.

  • Gal 4:31
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    31So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

  • Rom 7:6
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    6But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.

  • 1 Cor 6:11
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    11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Titus 2:9
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    9[Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;

  • Exod 21:7
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    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?