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


In Context

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.

24 Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God called him to.

25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

1st Corinthians 7:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:23You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:23Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:23Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:23with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:23You are bought with a price; be not you the servants of men.