Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
Holman Bible
Each person should remain in the life situation
A Conservative Version
Each man, in the situation in which he was called, in this he should remain.
American Standard Version
Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.
Amplified
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was [when he was] called.
An Understandable Version
Each person should remain in the [same] state he was in when he was called [by God].
Anderson New Testament
Let every one remain in that condition in which he was, when called.
Bible in Basic English
Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.
Common New Testament
Each one should remain in the state in which he was called.
Daniel Mace New Testament
let every man continue in the same state he was in when he turn'd christian.
Darby Translation
Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.
Godbey New Testament
Let each one abide in the same calling in which he is called.
Goodspeed New Testament
Everyone ought to remain in the station in which he was called.
John Wesley New Testament
Let every one in the calling wherein he is called, therein abide.
Julia Smith Translation
Each in the calling which he was called, in this let him remain.
King James 2000
Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.
Modern King James verseion
Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let every man abide in the same state wherein he was called.
Moffatt New Testament
Everyone must remain in the condition of life where he was called.
Montgomery New Testament
Whatever be the condition of life in which he was called, in that let him continue.
NET Bible
Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.
New Heart English Bible
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Noyes New Testament
Let every one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
Sawyer New Testament
Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called;
The Emphasized Bible
Each one, in the calling wherein he was called, in the same, let him abide:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Let every one remain in that condition of life in which he was when the Call came to him.
Webster
Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.
Weymouth New Testament
Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.
Williams New Testament
Everybody must remain in the station in which he was called.
World English Bible
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
Worrell New Testament
Let each one abide in that calling in which he was called.
Worsley New Testament
In the calling in which every one was called, let him continue.
Youngs Literal Translation
Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;
Themes
Contentment » Saints should exhibit » In their respective callings
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 7:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning Christian Marriage
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but obeying God's commandments is everything. 20 Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that bother you. Of course, if you have a chance to become free, take advantage of the opportunity.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:8
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders away from his home.
Luke 3:10-14
The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"
1 Corinthians 7:17
Nevertheless, everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him and to which God called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
1 Corinthians 7:21-24
Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that bother you. Of course, if you have a chance to become free, take advantage of the opportunity.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,
2 Thessalonians 3:12
We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.