Live as You Are Called

1 Corinthians 7

¹⁷ Only let each person lead the life _l that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. _m This is my rule in _n all the churches. ¹⁸ Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision. Was anyone at the time of his call uncircumcised? _o Let him not seek circumcision. ¹⁹ _p For neither circumcision counts for anything nor uncircumcision, but _q keeping the commandments of God. ²⁰ _r Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. ²¹ Were you a slave ₁ when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) ²² For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is _s a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is _t a slave of Christ. ²³ _u You were bought with a price; _v do not become slaves of men. ²⁴ So, brothers, _{2 w} in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.

1. Cross References
   Romans 12:3
   For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 4:17
   That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Corinthians 8:18
   With him we are sending the brother who is famous among all the churches for his preaching of the gospel.
   2 Corinthians 11:28
   And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
   
4. Cross References
   Acts 15:1
   But some men came down from Judea and were teac...
   Acts 15:5
   But some believers who belonged to the party of...
   Acts 15:19
   Therefore my judgment is that we should not tro...
   Acts 15:24
   Since we have heard that some persons have gone...
   Acts 15:28
   For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and t...
   Galatians 5:2
   Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept ci...
   
5. Cross References
   Galatians 3:28
   There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
   Galatians 5:6
   For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
   Galatians 6:15
   For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
   Colossians 3:11
   Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
   
6. Cross References
   1 John 2:3
   And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
   
7. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 7:24
   So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
   
8. Cross References
   Colossians 3:24
   Knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
   Philemon 1:16
   No longer as a slave but more than a slave, as a beloved brother - especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.
   John 8:36
   So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 9:21
   To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law.
   1 Peter 2:16
   Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.
   
10. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 6:20
    For you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
    
11. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:42
    For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as slaves.
    Leviticus 25:55
    For it is to me that the people of Israel are servants. They are my servants whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
    
12. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:20
    Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
    

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