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


In Context

17 However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.

18 Has any one been called circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised: has any one been called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.

19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but keeping God's commandments.

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

21 Hast thou been called being a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use it rather.

22 For the bondman that is called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner also the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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