1 Corinthians 7:22

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.

Cross References

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Romans 1:1

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

1 Corinthians 7:21

Were you a slave when called? Never mind. But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.

1 Corinthians 9:19

For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those outside the law I became as one outside the law—not being without law toward God but under the law of Christ—that I might win those outside the law.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 5:1

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

Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always remembering you earnestly in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Philemon 1:16

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

1 Peter 2:16

Live as free men, yet without using your freedom as a pretext for evil; but live as servants of God.

2 Peter 1:1

Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours in 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, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: