Parallel Verses
Goodspeed New Testament
For a slave who has been called to union with the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just as a free man who has been called is a slave of Christ.
New American Standard Bible
For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is
King James Version
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Holman Bible
For he who is called by the Lord as a slave
International Standard Version
For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.
A Conservative Version
For he who was called in Lord a bondman is a freedman of Lord. Likewise also he who was called a free man is a bondman of Christ.
American Standard Version
For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ's bondservant.
Amplified
For he who was a slave when he was called in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, likewise he who was free when he was called is a slave of Christ.
An Understandable Version
For the person who was a slave when called by the Lord is [now] the Lord's freed person. In the same way, the person who was free when he was called [by the Lord] is [now] Christ's slave.
Anderson New Testament
For he that is in the Lord, having been called when a servant, is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, also, the freeman who has been called, is Christ's servant.
Bible in Basic English
For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.
Common New Testament
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman; likewise he who was free when called is Christ's slave.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for the slave that turns christian, is the Lord's freedman: likewise, the freeman that becomes a convert is Christ's servant.
Darby Translation
For the bondman that is called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner also the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.
Godbey New Testament
For the one having been called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freeman: likewise the one having been called, while free, is the slave of Christ.
John Wesley New Testament
For he that is called by the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman; and in like manner, he that is called being free, is the servant of Christ.
Julia Smith Translation
For the servant called in the Lord, is the freedman of the Lord: likewise also the freedman called, is the servant of Christ.
King James 2000
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the one who is called in the Lord [while] a slave is the Lord's freedperson. Likewise the one who is called [while] free is a slave of Christ.
Modern King James verseion
For he who is called a slave in the Lord is a freed man of the Lord. And likewise, he who is called a free man is a slave of Christ.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he that is called in the Lord being a servant, is the Lord's freeman. Likewise he that is called being free, is Christ's servant.
Moffatt New Testament
But a slave who is called to be in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord. Just as a free man who is called is a slave of Christ
Montgomery New Testament
For the slave who has been called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; and in the same way, the free man who is called is Christ's slave.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
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.
Noyes New Testament
For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lords freeman. In like manner the freeman, who is called, is Christs slave.
Sawyer New Testament
For the servant called in the Lord is the Lord's freeman; in like manner the called freeman is Christ's servant.
The Emphasized Bible
For, he who in the Lord was called, being a bond-servant, is, a freed-man of the Lord: in like manner, he that was called being, a freeman, is Christ's bond-servant: -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For he that is called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freed man: in like manner also, he that is called, being a free man, is the servant of Christ.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.
Webster
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free-man: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Weymouth New Testament
For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.
Williams New Testament
For the slave who has been called to union with the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in the same way the freeman who has been called is a slave of Christ.
World English Bible
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.
Worrell New Testament
For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freedman: likewise, he that was called, being free, is Christ's slave.
Worsley New Testament
For he that is called in the Lord being a slave, is the Lord's freed-man: and he likewise that is called being free is the servant of Christ.
Youngs Literal Translation
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:
Themes
Calling » Those that are called by God
Christian Liberty » The service of Christ is
Servant » Bond » Equal status of, with other disciples of jesus
Servants » When good » Are the lord's freemen
Service » Reluctant spiritual » To be rendered to Christ
Interlinear
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Usage: 585
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 7:22
Devotionals containing 1 Corinthians 7:22
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 7:22
Images 1 Corinthians 7:22
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 7:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning Christian Marriage
21 If you were a slave when you were called, never mind. Even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of your present condition instead. 22 For a slave who has been called to union with the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just as a free man who has been called is a slave of Christ. 23 You have been bought and paid for; you must not let yourselves become slaves to men.
Cross References
1 Peter 2:16
Live like free men, only do not make your freedom an excuse for doing wrong, but be slaves of God.
Luke 1:74-75
That we should be delivered from the hands of our enemies,
John 8:32-36
and you will know the truth and the truth will set you free."
Romans 1:1
Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to declare God's good news,
Romans 6:18-22
and so you have been freed from sin, and made slaves of uprightness.
1 Corinthians 9:19
Though I am free from anyone's control, I have made myself everyone's slave, so as to win over all the more.
Galatians 1:10
Is that appealing to men's weaknesses, or to God? Is that trying to suit men? If I were still doing that, I would be no slave of Christ.
Galatians 5:1
This is the freedom with which Christ has freed us. So stand firm in it, and do not get under a yoke of slavery again.
Galatians 5:13
For you, brothers, have been called to freedom; only do not make your freedom an excuse for the physical, but in love be slaves to one another.
Ephesians 6:5-6
You who are slaves, obey your earthly masters, in reverence and awe, with sincerity of heart, as you would the Christ,
Colossians 3:22-24
You who are slaves must always obey your earthly masters, not with mere external service, as though you had only men to please, but with sincerity of heart, because you fear the Lord.
Colossians 4:12
Epaphras, one of your own number, a slave of Christ Jesus, wishes to be remembered to you. He is always standing up for you in his prayers that you may stand fast, like men of mature convictions, whatever God's will for you may be.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the uprightness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as privileged as ours;
Jude 1:1
Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and the brother of James, to those who have been called, who are dear to God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ;