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


In Context

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.

23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

1st Corinthians 7:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:21Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:21Wast thou called, being a bondman ? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:21Wast thou called being a bondservant? Care not for it: nay, even if thou canst become free, use it rather.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21Hast thou been called being a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use it rather.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:21Wast thou called being a bondservant? care not for it: but if thou canst become free, use it rather.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21Art thou called being a servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21Were you called being a bondservant? Don't let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:21a servant — wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free — use it rather;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:21Are you called being a servant? care not for it: but if you may be made free, use it rather.