1 Corinthians 7:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave belonging to Christ.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.

1 Corinthians 7:22 Cross References

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the child of your serving girl. You have loosed my bonds.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

1 Corinthians 7:21

Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. Even if you can gain your freedom, make the most of it.

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might gain all the more.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not outside God’s law but am within Christ’s law) so that I might gain those outside the law.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 5:1

For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters, only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become enslaved to one another.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, greets you. He is always striving in his prayers on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in everything that God wills.

Philemon 1:16

no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

1 Peter 2:16

As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith as equally honorable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Jude 1:1

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, who are beloved in God the Father and kept safe for Jesus Christ: