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


In Context

17 Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.

18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man uncircumcised when he was called? He should not be circumcised.

19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God's commands is what counts.

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

21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you--although if you can gain your freedom, do so.

22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord's freedman; similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ's slave.

1st 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 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 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.