20Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.


In Context

17 Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.

18 Was any man called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Hath any been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God.

20 Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

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

22 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.

1 Corinthians 7:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Each one should remain in the situation which he was in when God called him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.