20Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.


In Context

17 Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.

18 Was anyone called having been circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised.

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

20 Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

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

22 For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord's free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ's bondservant.

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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Let every man continue in the same 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.