1 Corinthians 7:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} he that{G3588} was called{G2564} in{G1722} the Lord{G2962} being a bondservant,{G1401} is{G2076} the Lord's{G2962} freedman:{G558} likewise{G3668} {G2532} he that{G3588} was called{G2564} being free,{G1658} is{G2076} Christ's{G5547} bondservant.{G1401}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For{G1063} he that is called{G2564}{(G5685)} in{G1722} the Lord{G2962}, being a servant{G1401}, is{G2076}{(G5748)} the Lord's{G2962} freeman{G558}: likewise{G3668} also{G2532} he that is called{G2564}{(G5685)}, being free{G1658}, is{G2076}{(G5748)} Christ's{G5547} servant{G1401}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For he that is called in the LORde beynge a servaunt is the LORdes freman. Lykwyse he that is called beynge fre is Christes servaut.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For he that is called in the LORDE beynge a seruaute, is a fre man of the LORDE. Likewyse he that is called beynge fre, is a seruaut of Christ.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For he that is called in the Lorde, being. a seruant, is the Lords freeman: likewise also he that is called being free, is Christes seruant.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    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.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for he who `is' in the Lord -- having been called a servant -- is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.
  • Phlm 1:16 : 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?
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone: how can you say, You shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 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.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
  • Rom 6:18-22 : 18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness. 19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as servants of uncleanness and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as servants of righteousness for holiness. 20 For when you were servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 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.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • Gal 5:1 : 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.
  • Gal 5:13 : 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.
  • Eph 6:5-6 : 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; 6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
  • Col 3:22-24 : 22 Servants, obey in all things your earthly masters, not with eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing God. 23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men. 24 Knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

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

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

    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.

  • Gal 5:1
    75%

    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.

  • Gal 4:7
    74%

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

  • Rom 6:18
    73%

    18 And having been set free from sin, you became servants of righteousness.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    73%

    16 As free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

  • Exod 21:2
    73%

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

  • Gal 5:13
    72%

    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.

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

    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.

  • Rom 6:20
    72%

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

  • Eph 6:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • John 8:34-36
    3 verses
    71%

    34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

    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.

  • Rom 6:22
    71%

    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.

  • Rom 6:16
    71%

    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?

  • 1 Cor 9:19
    71%

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

  • Gal 4:31
    70%

    31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Gal 3:28
    70%

    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.

  • Phlm 1:16
    70%

    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?

  • Col 3:22
    70%

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

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

    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;

  • Rom 6:7
    70%

    7 For he who has died is freed from sin.

  • Ps 116:16
    69%

    16 O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid: You have loosed my bonds.

  • Gal 4:1
    69%

    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;

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    69%

    10 Neither be called teachers: for one is your Teacher, the Christ.

    11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

  • Lev 25:42
    69%

    42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • Rom 7:6
    69%

    6 But 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 7:27
    69%

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

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Rom 7:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

    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.

    4 Therefore, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ; that you may be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

  • Col 4:1
    68%

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

  • Jer 34:9
    68%

    9 That every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, being a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should enslave them, a Jew his brother.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    68%

    19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

  • Gal 4:22
    68%

    22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    68%

    39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

  • Exod 21:5
    68%

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

  • Col 3:11
    68%

    11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all, and in all.

  • Job 3:19
    68%

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

  • Col 3:24
    67%

    24 Knowing that from the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance, for you serve the Lord Christ.