1 Corinthians 7:21 - Revised Standard Version

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. But if you are able to gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.

American Standard Version (1901)

Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

Common English Bible

If you were a slave when you were called, don’t let it bother you. But if you are actually able to be free, take advantage of the opportunity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Wast thou called, being a bondman? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

1 Corinthians 7:21 Tagairtí Cros

Luke 12:29

And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be of anxious mind.

Luke 21:34

“But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 7:20

Every one should remain in the state in which he was called.

1 Corinthians 7:22

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.

Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:11

Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content.

Philippians 4:6

Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Colossians 3:11

Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never fail you nor forsake you.”

1 Peter 5:7

Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.