Bible verse

1 Corinthians 7:20

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

1 Corinthians 7:20 · BSB

1 Corinthians 7:20 in context

The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 7.

16 How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

17 Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

18 Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.

19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

20 Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.

22 For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.

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

24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.

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1 Corinthians 7:20 in other translations

KJV

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

ASV

Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

ERV

Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

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