1 Corinthians 7:23 “You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.”

1 Corinthians 7:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

World English Bible

You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.

American Standard Version

Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

Geneva Bible 1599

Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.

Darby Translation

Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

Young's Literal Translation

with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

Bible in Basic English

It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.

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Cross references

“are”

1 Corinthians 6:20 Titus 2:14 Leviticus 25:42 Revelation 5:9 Acts 20:28 1 Peter 3:18

1 Corinthians 6:20 · BSB

you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Titus 2:14 · BSB

He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

Leviticus 25:42 · BSB

Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.

Revelation 5:9 · BSB

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Acts 20:28 · BSB

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

1 Peter 3:18 · BSB

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

“be”

Galatians 2:4 Matthew 23:8–11

Galatians 2:4 · BSB

This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.

Matthew 23:8–11 · BSB

But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22For 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.

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

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