1 Corinthians 7:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Were you called while a servant? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather use it.

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  • Luke 10:40-41 : 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached him and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things:
  • Luke 12:29 : 29 And do not seek what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor be of anxious mind.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be burdened with surfeiting, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day comes upon you unexpectedly.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
  • Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Be anxious for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
  • Phil 4:11 : 11 Not that I speak in respect of want, for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.
  • Col 3:11 : 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.
  • 1 Tim 6:1-3 : 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke consider their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather serve them, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. 3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with what you have. For He has said, 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.'
  • 1 Pet 2:18-24 : 18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer for it, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth: 23 Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously: 24 Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares for you.

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    22 For he who is called in the Lord while a servant is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, he who is called while free is Christ's servant.

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

    24 Brethren, let each one remain with God in the state in which he was called.

  • 1 Cor 7:20
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    20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13 For, brethren, you have been called to freedom; only do not use freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16 As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

  • Gal 4:7
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    7 Therefore you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-18
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    17 But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.

    18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.

  • 1 Cor 7:26-27
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    26 I suppose therefore that this is good because of the present distress—that it is good for a man to remain as he is.

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

  • John 8:35-36
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    35 And the slave does not abide in the house forever: but the Son abides forever.

    36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.

  • Exod 21:2
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    2 If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free, without paying anything.

  • Rom 6:18
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    18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

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

  • Rom 6:20
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    20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness.

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    19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.

  • Exod 21:4-5
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    4 If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.

    5 And if the servant plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,'

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke consider their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and His doctrine be not blasphemed.

    2 And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather serve them, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.

  • Phlm 1:16
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    16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord?

  • Luke 17:7-8
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    7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately when he comes in from the field, Go and sit down to eat?

    8 Will he not rather say to him, Prepare my meal, and put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink?

  • Eph 6:7-8
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    7 With goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

    8 Knowing that whatever good thing anyone does, the same shall they receive from the Lord, whether they are bond or free.

  • 1 Cor 7:32
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    32 But I want you to be without care. He who is unmarried cares for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord.

  • Rom 6:22
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    22 But now, having been freed from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life.

  • Job 3:19
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    19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39 And if your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

  • Luke 22:26-27
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    26 But you shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that serves.

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

  • Gal 4:1
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    1 Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a servant, though he is lord of all;

  • Eph 6:5
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    5 Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ;

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

  • Col 3:22
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    22 Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God.

  • Matt 20:27
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    27 And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

  • Matt 23:11
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    11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

  • Rom 6:16
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    16 Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, you are the servants of the one whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

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    35 And this I say for your own benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but for what is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

  • Rom 14:4
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    4 Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.

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

  • Col 4:1
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    1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

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    26 If a man strikes the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

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

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Also, do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant curse you.

  • Deut 15:12
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    12 And if your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

  • Rom 7:3
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    3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.