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1 Corinthians 7:20
1 Corinthians 7:20 is verse 20 of 1 Corinthians chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
King James Version
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
World English Bible
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
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1 Corinthians 7:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
20 Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Corinthians 7:17Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
1 Corinthians 7:21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
1 Corinthians 7:22For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
1 Corinthians 7:23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
Proverbs 27:8Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
Luke 3:10The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”
Luke 3:11John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
Luke 3:12Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
Luke 3:13“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
Luke 3:14Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.
2 Thessalonians 3:12We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.