1 Corinthians 7:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you 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, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
  • Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But do not be called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, the Christ; and all you are brethren. 9 And call no man on earth your father: for one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called teachers: for one is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly 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 for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct 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 suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-22
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    84%

    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.

    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.

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

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

  • Rom 6:16-20
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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?

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

    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.

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

  • Gal 4:7-8
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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.

    8 However, then, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.

  • 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 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.

  • Eph 6:5-9
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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;

    6 Not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    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.

    9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, refraining from threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

  • 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.

  • Col 3:22-24
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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.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    71%

    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
    71%

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

  • 1 Pet 1:18
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    18 Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,

  • 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.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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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.

  • Isa 52:3
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    3 For thus says the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Lev 25:44
    69%

    44 Both your bondmen, and your bondmaids, whom you shall have, shall be of the nations that are around you; from them shall you buy bondmen and bondmaids.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours;

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

  • Exod 12:44
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    44 But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it.

  • 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:

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15 Do you not know that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid.

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

  • Rom 7:6
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    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 6:11
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    11 And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you 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 to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not answering back;

  • 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.

  • 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?