1 Corinthians 7:22

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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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 2:16 : 16 Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.
  • Phlm 1:16 : 16 no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.
  • Ps 116:16 : 16 Yes, LORD! I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You saved me from death.
  • Luke 1:74-75 : 74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear, 75 in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.
  • John 8:32-36 : 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 “We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied,“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever. 36 So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
  • Rom 6:18-22 : 18 and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 (I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. 21 So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. 22 But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
  • 1 Cor 9:19 : 19 For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
  • Gal 5:13 : 13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
  • Eph 6:5-6 : 5 Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ, 6 not like those who do their work only when someone is watching– as people-pleasers– but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
  • Col 3:22-24 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people, 24 because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 7:20-21
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    20Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.

    21Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.

  • 1 Cor 7:23-24
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    84%

    23You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.

    24In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.

  • Gal 5:1
    75%

    1Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.

  • Gal 4:7
    74%

    7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.

  • Rom 6:18
    73%

    18and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.

  • 1 Pet 2:16
    73%

    16Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.

  • Exod 21:2
    73%

    2Hebrew Servants“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.

  • Gal 5:13
    72%

    13Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-18
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    72%

    17The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.

    18Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised.

  • Rom 6:20
    72%

    20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.

  • Eph 6:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

    8because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

  • John 8:34-36
    3 verses
    71%

    34Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin.

    35The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever.

    36So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.

  • Rom 6:22
    71%

    22But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

  • Rom 6:16
    71%

    16Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?

  • 1 Cor 9:19
    71%

    19For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

  • Gal 4:31
    70%

    31Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    70%

    1Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.

    2But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Summary of Timothy’s DutiesTeach them and exhort them about these things.

  • Gal 3:28
    70%

    28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.

  • Phlm 1:16
    70%

    16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

  • Col 3:22
    70%

    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

  • Eph 6:5
    70%

    5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

  • Rom 6:7
    70%

    7(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)

  • Ps 116:16
    69%

    16Yes, LORD! I am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You saved me from death.

  • Gal 4:1
    69%

    1Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

  • Matt 23:10-11
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    69%

    10Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.

    11The greatest among you will be your servant.

  • Lev 25:42
    69%

    42Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.

  • Rom 7:6
    69%

    6But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
    69%

    27The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage.

  • Luke 22:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

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

  • Rom 7:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage.

    3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

    4So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

  • Col 4:1
    68%

    1Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

  • Jer 34:9
    68%

    9Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    68%

    19Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

  • Gal 4:22
    68%

    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

  • 1 Cor 7:39
    68%

    39A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes(only someone in the Lord).

  • Exod 21:5
    68%

    5But if the servant should declare,‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’

  • Col 3:11
    68%

    11Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all.

  • Job 3:19
    68%

    19Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

  • Col 3:24
    67%

    24because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.