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


In Context

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

18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not become circumcised.

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

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

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

22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's free-man: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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