1 Corinthians 7:21

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

"Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." - 1 Corinthians 7:21
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What does 1 Corinthians 7:21 mean?

1 Corinthians 7:21 (KJV) says, "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." This verse is part of a larger passage in which the apostle Paul addresses various social and relational issues within the Corinthian church. In…

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Freedom in Service: Embracing Our Calling

In the bustling corridors of life, where the din of expectations and societal standards often drown out the gentle whisper of God’s calling, the Apostle Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 7:21 offer a subtle yet profound reminder to those who find themselves in positions of…

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A Prayer for Embracing Our Calling

Heavenly Father, We come before You with grateful hearts, acknowledging Your sovereignty over our lives. You have called us to different stages and circumstances, and today, we seek to understand and embrace the message found in Your Word, particularly in 1 Corinthians 7:21…

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1 Corinthians 7:21 - "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather."
1 Corinthians 16:21 - "The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand."
1 Corinthians 3:21 - "Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;"
1 Corinthians 7:6 - "But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 15:21 - "For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead."
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
1 Corinthians 1:21 - "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe."
1 Corinthians 15:7 - "After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles."
1 Corinthians 7:23 - "Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men."
2 Corinthians 1:21 - "Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;"
1 Corinthians 4:21 - "What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?"
1 Corinthians 7:19 - "Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God."
1 Corinthians 7:31 - "And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away."
1 Corinthians 1:7 - "So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"
1 Corinthians 12:7 - "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."
1 Corinthians 7:1 - "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman."
1 Corinthians 11:21 - "For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken."
1 Corinthians 7:20 - "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called."
1 Corinthians 7:9 - "But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."
1 Corinthians 7:30 - "And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;"
1 Corinthians 10:21 - "Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils."
1 Corinthians 7:24 - "Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God."
1 Corinthians 7:8 - "I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I."
"The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand." - 1 Corinthians 16:21
1 Corinthians 7:26 - "I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be."
1 Corinthians 7:33 - "But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife."