1 Corinthians 7:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ Were you called while a slave? Don’t let it concern you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. But if you are able to gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

Common English Bible

²¹ If you were a slave when you were called, don’t let it bother you. But if you are actually able to be free, take advantage of the opportunity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.

1 Corinthians 7:21 Cross References

Luke 12:29

Don’t strive for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious.

Luke 21:34

‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly

1 Corinthians 12:13

For we were all baptised by  one Spirit into one body #– #whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free #– #and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Let each of you remain in the situation  in which he was called.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who is called by the Lord as a slave  is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called as a free man is Christ’s slave.

Galatians 3:28

There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free,  male and female;  since you are all one  in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:11

I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself.

Philippians 4:6

Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Colossians 3:11

In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.   ,

1 Peter 5:7

casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.