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Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,and I will be their God,and they shall be my people.
Therefore go out from their midst,and be separate from them, says the Lord,and touch no unclean thing;then I will welcome you,
and I will be a father to you,and you shall be sons and daughters to me,says the Lord Almighty."
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.
Were you a slave when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)
For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a slave of Christ.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
So, brothers, in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.
This is what I mean, brothers: the appointed time has grown very short. From now on, let those who have wives live as though they had none,
A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
In the same way, the Lord commanded that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living by the gospel.
Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them,and I will be their God,and they shall be my people.
Therefore go out from their midst,and be separate from them, says the Lord,and touch no unclean thing;then I will welcome you,
and I will be a father to you,and you shall be sons and daughters to me,says the Lord Almighty."
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.