With a price, have ye been bought, - do not become bond-servants of men:

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: -

A bond-servant, wast thou called? let it not cause thee concern; but, if thou canst even become, free, rather use it.

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to everyone, so that I may win more [for Christ].

Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

For, even to one Spirit, we all, into one body, have been immersed, - whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free, - and, all, of one Spirit, have been caused to drink.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

Think of us as servants of the Messiah and as servant managers entrusted with God's secrets.

Then what is Apollos? Or what is Paul? Mere servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord gave each of us his task.

For we are fellow-laborers, the servants of God: and ye are the husbandry of God, ye are the building of God.