1 Corinthians 7:21

Weymouth NT

Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity.

Cross References

Luke 12:29

»Therefore, do not be asking what you are to eat nor what you are to drink; and do not waver between hope and fear.«

Luke 21:34

»But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;

1 Corinthians 12:13

For, in fact, in one Spirit all of us –whether we are Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free men– were baptized to form but one body; and we were all nourished by that one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.

Galatians 3:28

In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:11

I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part) I have learned, whatever be my outward experiences, to be content.

Philippians 4:6

Do not be over-anxious about anything, but by prayer and earnest pleading, together with thanksgiving, let your request be unreservedly made known in the presence of God.

Colossians 3:11

In that new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is everything and is in all of us.

Hebrews 13:5

Your lives should be untainted by love for money. Be content with what you have; for God Himself has said, »I will never, never let go your hand: I will never never forsake you.«

1 Peter 5:7

Throw the whole of your anxiety upon Him, because He Himself cares for you.