1 Corinthians 7:22 - Revised Standard Version

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For he who as a slave was summoned in [to union with] the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just so he who was free when he was called is a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah).

American Standard Version (1901)

For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ’s bondservant.

Common English Bible

Anyone who was a slave when they were called by the Lord has the status of being the Lord’s free person. In the same way, anyone who was a free person when they were called is Christ’s slave.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For any servant who has been called in the Lord is free in the Lord. Similarly, any free person who has been called is a servant in Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.

1 Corinthians 7:22 Tagairtí Cros

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: