1 Corinthians 7:21 - English Standard Version 2016 Were you a bondservant when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 更多版本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. |
“But watch 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 trap.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”