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1 Corinthians 7:21

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Are you a slave? Don't let that bother you. But if you can win your freedom, you should.

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Don't keep worrying about having something to eat or drink.

Don't spend all your time thinking about eating or drinking or worrying about life. If you do, the final day will suddenly catch you

Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.

So don't try to change what you were when God chose you.

When the Lord chooses slaves, they become his free people. And when he chooses free people, they become slaves of Christ.

Faith in Christ Jesus is what makes each of you equal with each other, whether you are a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a man or a woman.

I am not complaining about having too little. I have learnt to be satisfied with whatever I have.

Don't worry about anything, but pray about everything. With thankful hearts offer up your prayers and requests to God.

It doesn't matter if you are a Greek or a Jew, or if you are circumcised or not. You may even be a barbarian or a Scythian, and you may be a slave or a free person. Yet Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us.

Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.

God cares for you, so turn all your worries over to him.




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