1 Corinthians 7:23

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

1 Corinthians 7:23 in Other Translations

KJV
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
ESV
23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
NLT
23 God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.
MSG
23 All of you, slave and free both, were once held hostage in a sinful society. Then a huge sum was paid out for your ransom. So please don't, out of old habit, slip back into being or doing what everyone else tells you.
CSB
23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

1 Corinthians 7:23 In-Context

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 the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.
23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.
24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 1 Corinthians 6:20
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