Wast thou called being a slave, care not for it; but even if thou canst be made free, use it rather.

and I would have you free from anxious cares. He that is unmarried careth about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

But if any one is settled in his purpose, and is under no necessity, but is free to act as he will, and hath determined in his heart to keep his own virgin daughter [unmarried], he doeth well.

The wife is bound to her husband as long as he liveth; but if her husband die, she is free to marry whom she will, only in the Lord.

Wherefore, if food cause my brother to fall, I will eat no flesh for ever, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free?

What then is my reward? It is that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel free of charge, that I use not to the full my right as a preacher of the gospel.

For being free from all men, yet I made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more;