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.

Were you called as a slave? It does not matter to you, but if you are able to become free, use it rather.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you loosed from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

For though I am free from all, yet I have made myself servant to all, so that I might gain the more.

For also by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free, even all were made to drink into one Spirit.