1 Corinthians 7:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;

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  • Luke 3:10-14 : 10 And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?' 11 and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats -- let him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him do.' 12 And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?' 13 and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.' 14 And questioning him also were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them, `Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.'
  • 1 Cor 7:17 : 17 if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
  • 1 Cor 7:21-24 : 21 a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather; 22 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: 23 with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men; 24 each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 12 and such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness working, their own bread they may eat;
  • Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird wandering from her nest, So `is' a man wandering from his place.

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  • 1 Cor 7:21-27
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    21a servant -- wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free -- use `it' rather;

    22for 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:

    23with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

    24each, in that in which he was called, brethren, in this let him remain with God.

    25And concerning the virgins, a command of the Lord I have not; and I give judgment as having obtained kindness from the Lord to be faithful:

    26I suppose, therefore, this to be good because of the present necessity, that `it is' good for a man that the matter be thus: --

    27Hast thou been bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed; hast thou been loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:17-19
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    17if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each -- so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:

    18being circumcised -- was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

    19the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing -- but a keeping of the commands of God.

  • 1 Cor 7:6-8
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    6and this I say by way of concurrence -- not of command,

    7for I wish all men to be even as I myself `am'; but each his own gift hath of God, one indeed thus, and one thus.

    8And I say to the unmarried and to the widows: it is good for them if they may remain even as I `am';

  • Rom 12:7
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    7or ministration -- `In the ministration!' or he who is teaching -- `In the teaching!'

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    1And concerning the things of which ye wrote to me: good `it is' for a man not to touch a woman,

    2and because of the whoredom let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her proper husband;

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    10and to the married I announce -- not I, but the Lord -- let not a wife separate from a husband:

    11but and if she may separate, let her remain unmarried, or to the husband let her be reconciled, and let not a husband send away a wife.

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    15but according as He who did call you `is' holy, ye also, become holy in all behaviour,

    16because it hath been written, `Become ye holy, because I am holy;'

    17and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

  • Rom 14:4-5
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    4Thou -- who art thou that art judging another's domestic? to his own master he doth stand or fall; and he shall be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.

    5One doth judge one day above another, and another doth judge every day `alike'; let each in his own mind be fully assured.

  • 1 Thess 4:7
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    7for God did not call us on uncleanness, but in sanctification;

  • Eph 4:1
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    1Call upon you, then, do I -- the prisoner of the Lord -- to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called,

  • 2 Tim 2:4-5
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    4no one serving as a soldier did entangle himself with the affairs of life, that him who did enlist him he may please;

    5and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35And this for your own profit I say: not that I may cast a noose upon you, but for the seemliness and devotedness to the Lord, undistractedly,

  • 1 Cor 7:37
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    37And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well;

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    1In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free -- stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude;

  • Luke 10:7
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    7`And in that house remain, eating and drinking the things they have, for worthy `is' the workman of his hire; go not from house to house,

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    4for as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office,

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    12so, then, each of us concerning himself shall give reckoning to God;

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    16but to what we have come -- by the same rule walk, the same thing think;

  • Gal 6:5
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    5for each one his own burden shall bear.

  • Eph 6:7-8
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    7with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

    8having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

  • 1 Cor 14:40
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    40let all things be done decently and in order.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5Who, then, is Paul, and who Apollos, but ministrants through whom ye did believe, and to each as the Lord gave?

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

  • 2 Tim 2:7
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    7be considering what things I say, for the Lord give to thee understanding in all things.

  • Gal 5:13
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    13For ye -- to freedom ye were called, brethren, only not the freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through the love serve ye one another,

  • 1 Tim 5:7
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    7and these things charge, that they may be blameless;

  • 1 Cor 7:15
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    15And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such `cases', and in peace hath God called us;

  • 1 Cor 10:24
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    24let no one seek his own -- but each another's.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So, then, the things of peace may we pursue, and the things of building up one another;

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    32And I wish you to be without anxiety; the unmarried is anxious for the things of the Lord, how he shall please the Lord;

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    38and if any one is ignorant -- let him be ignorant;

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    2and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

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    1As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of;