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21 Were you called as a slave?[a] Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity. 22 For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave. 23 You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men. 24 In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters,[b] let him remain in it with God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 7:21 tn Traditionally, “servant” (KJV), though almost all modern translations render the word as “slave” here.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:24 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.