1 Corinthians 7:20

Modern English Version

Let each man remain in the same condition in which he was called.

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Like a bird that strays from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home.

But as God has given to every man and as the Lord has called every man, so let him walk. This I command in all churches.

Are you committed to a wife? Do not seek to be uncommitted. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife.

to aspire to live a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

Now, concerning those who are such, we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that they quietly work and eat their own bread.