1 Corinthians 7:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² For he who as a slave was summoned in [to union with] the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just so he who was free when he was called is a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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.

Common English Bible

²² Anyone who was a slave when they were called by the Lord has the status of being the Lord’s free person. In the same way, anyone who was a free person when they were called is Christ’s slave.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.

1 Corinthians 7:22 Cross References

Romans 1:1

Paul, a ser?vant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle  , and set apart  for the gospel of God   #– #

1 Corinthians 7:21

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

1 Corinthians 9:19

Although I am free from all and not anyone’s slave, I have made myself a slave to everyone, in order to win  more people.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those who are without the law,  like one without the law #– #though I am not without God’s law but under the law of Christ #– #to win those without the law.

Galatians 1:10

For am I now trying to persuade people,  or God?  Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom, Christ set us free. Stand firm,  then, and don’t submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called  to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity  for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras,  who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling  for you in his prayers, so that you can stand mature and fully assured  in everything God wills.

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave #– #as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh  and in the Lord.

1 Peter 2:16

Submit as free people, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil,  but as God’s slaves.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon  Peter,  a servant and an apostle  of Jesus Christ: To those who have received a faith equal to ours through the righteousness  of our God and Saviour  Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:1

Jude,  a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called,  loved  , by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.