Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them. New Living Translation Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you. English Standard Version Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. Berean Standard Bible Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called. Berean Literal Bible Each in the calling in which he has been called, in this let him abide. King James Bible Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. New King James Version Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called. New American Standard Bible Each person is to remain in that state in which he was called. NASB 1995 Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called. NASB 1977 Let each man remain in that condition in which he was called. Legacy Standard Bible Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called. Amplified Bible Each one should remain in the condition in which he was [when he was] called. Christian Standard Bible Let each of you remain in the situation in which he was called. Holman Christian Standard Bible Each person should remain in the life situation in which he was called. American Standard Version Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Let every person continue in the calling in which he was called. Contemporary English Version So don't try to change what you were when God chose you. Douay-Rheims Bible Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called. English Revised Version Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. GOD'S WORD® Translation All people should stay as they were when they were called. Good News Translation Each of you should remain as you were when you accepted God's call. International Standard Version Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called. Literal Standard Version Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain; Majority Standard Bible Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called. New American Bible Everyone should remain in the state in which he was called. NET Bible Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called. New Revised Standard Version Let each of you remain in the condition in which you were called. New Heart English Bible Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called. Webster's Bible Translation Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called. Weymouth New Testament Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue. World English Bible Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called. Young's Literal Translation Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Live Your Calling…19Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts. 20Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called. 21Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 7:21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you--but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity. 1 Corinthians 7:24 Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him. Treasury of Scripture Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. abide. 1 Corinthians 7:17,21-23 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches… Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. Luke 3:10-14 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? … Jump to Previous Abide Condition Continue Life Placed Position Situation State Whatever WhereinJump to Next Abide Condition Continue Life Placed Position Situation State Whatever Wherein1 Corinthians 7 1. He discusses marriage;4. showing it to be a remedy against sinful desires, 10. and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved. 20. Every man must be content with his vocation. 25. Virginity wherefore to be embraced; 35. and for what respects we may either marry, or abstain from marrying. (20) Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.--This is an emphatic repetition of the principle on which the previous practical instruction is based. "Calling" must not here be regarded in the modern sense of profession or condition in life; it is nowhere so used in the New Testament, but always signifies God's calling of us. (See Romans 11:29; Ephesians 1:18.) Continue to be Christians of the kind which God's call to Christianity made you. If you were circumcised--and so God's call into the Christian Church made you a circumcised Christian--continue so; don't do anything which would seem to imply that some other change in addition to your "call" was necessary to complete your admission to the Church.Verse 20. - Let every man abide in the same calling, etc. In accordance with this general principle, which illustrates the distinction between Christianity and violent social revolutions, St. John the Baptist had not bidden publicans or soldiers to abandon their callings, but to do their duty in that state of life to which God had called them (Luke 3:12-14). The "calling" alluded to is not what is described as "a vocation," a calling in life, but the condition in which we are when we are called by God (comp. 1 Corinthians 1:26; Ephesians 1:18; Ephesians 4:1). Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Each [one]Ἕκαστος (Hekastos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1538: Each (of more than two), every one. As if a superlative of hekas; each or every. should remain μενέτω (menetō) Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 3306: To remain, abide, stay, wait; with acc: I wait for, await. A primary verb; to stay. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. situation κλήσει (klēsei) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2821: A calling, invitation; in the NT, always of a divine call. From a shorter form of kaleo; an invitation. [he was] in ᾗ (hē) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that. when he was called. ἐκλήθη (eklēthē) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2564: (a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name. Akin to the base of keleuo; to 'call'. Links 1 Corinthians 7:20 NIV1 Corinthians 7:20 NLT 1 Corinthians 7:20 ESV 1 Corinthians 7:20 NASB 1 Corinthians 7:20 KJV 1 Corinthians 7:20 BibleApps.com 1 Corinthians 7:20 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 7:20 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 7:20 French Bible 1 Corinthians 7:20 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 7:20 Let each man stay in that calling (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) |