1 Corinthians 7:20

World English Bible (2000)

Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

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  • Luke 3:10-14 : 10 The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?" 11 He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise." 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?" 13 He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is appointed to you." 14 Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."
  • 1 Cor 7:17 : 17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
  • 1 Cor 7:21-24 : 21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it. 22 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. 23 You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men. 24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.

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    21 Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

    22 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.

    23 You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.

    24 Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God.

    25 Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

    26 I think that it is good therefore, because of the distress that is on us, that it is good for a man to be as he is.

    27 Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-19
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    17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

    18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

    19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-8
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    6 But this I say by way of concession, not of commandment.

    7 Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

    8 But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

  • Rom 12:7
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    7 or service, let us give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;

  • 1 Cor 7:1-2
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    1 Now concerning the things about which you wrote to me: it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

    2 But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:10-11
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    10 But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband

    11 (but if she departs, let her remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband not leave his wife.

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    15 but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

    16 because it is written, "You shall be holy; for I am holy."

    17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

  • Rom 14:4-5
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    4 Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

    5 One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

  • Eph 4:1
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    1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

  • 2 Tim 2:4-5
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    4 No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

    5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

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    35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

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    37 But he who stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own heart, to keep his own virgin, does well.

  • Gal 5:1
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    1 Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don't be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

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    7 Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don't go from house to house.

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    4 For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don't have the same function,

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    12 So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.

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    16 Nevertheless, to the extent that we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule. Let us be of the same mind.

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    5 For each man will bear his own burden.

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    7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

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    5 Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

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    21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

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    7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13 For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don't use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

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    15 Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

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    24 Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor's good.

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