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


In Context

18 being circumcised — was any one called? let him not become uncircumcised; in uncircumcision was any one called? let him not be circumcised;

19 the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing — but a keeping of the commands of God.

20 Each in the calling in which he was called — in this let him remain;

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

22 for he who is in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

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

1 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:21Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you--although if you can gain your freedom, do so.

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 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.