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1 Corinthians 7:23
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You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of people.
Ye are bought with a price, be not ye the seruants of men.
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
You were bought for a price; do not become slaves of people.
You all were bought at a great price, so do not become slaves of people.
You were bought with a price [a precious price paid by Christ]; do not become slaves to men [but to Christ].
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
God paid a great price for you. So don't become slaves of anyone else.
You were bought at a price, so do not become slaves of other human beings.
Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.
Yee are bought with a price: be not the seruants of men.
You have been bought with a price; you must not therefore become slaves of men.
God bought you for a price; so do not become slaves of people.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
You were redeemed with a price; do not become slaves of men.
Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.
You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.
You were bought for a price. Stop becoming slaves of people.Leviticus 25:42; 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18-19;">[xr]
With a price are you bought; you will not be servants of men.
Ye are bought with a price; become not the servants of men.
Ye are dearely bought, be not ye the seruauntes of men.
Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.
Ye are bought with a price; do not become the servants of men.
You have all been redeemed at infinite cost: do not become slaves to men.
With prijs ye ben bouyt; nyle ye be maad seruauntis of men.
You were bought with a price; don't become slaves of men.
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.
You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
God paid a high price for you, so don't be enslaved by the world.
He paid a great price for you when He bought you. Do not let yourselves become servants owned by men.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human masters.
With a price, have ye been bought, - do not become bond-servants of men:
You are bought with a price: be not made the bondslaves of men.
You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
Ye are dearly bought be not mennes seruauntes.
with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
Ye are dearly boughte, be not ye the seruauntes of men.
have you been redeemed from slavery? then, don't turn slaves.
All of you, slave and free both, were once held hostage in a sinful society. Then a huge sum was paid out for your ransom. So please don't, out of old habit, slip back into being or doing what everyone else tells you. Friends, stay where you were called to be. God is there. Hold the high ground with him at your side.
God paid a terrible price for you, so don't tie-on to the world's ways.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are: 1 Corinthians 6:20, Leviticus 25:42, Acts 20:28, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 1:18, 1 Peter 1:19, 1 Peter 3:18, Revelation 5:9
be: Matthew 23:8-11, Galatians 2:4
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:55 - my servants 2 Timothy 2:4 - that he 2 Peter 2:1 - bought
Cross-References
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are a good man, even among the evil people of this time. So gather your family, and all of you go into the boat.
All the clean animals, all the other animals on the earth, the birds, and everything that crawls on the earth
went into the boat with Noah. These animals went into the boat in groups of two, male and female, just as God commanded.
Seven days later the flood started. The rain began to fall on the earth.
They and every kind of animal on the earth were in the boat. Every kind of cattle, every kind of animal that crawls on the earth, and every kind of bird were in the boat.
All these animals went into the boat with Noah. They came in groups of two from every kind of animal that had the breath of life.
Water flooded the earth for 40 days. The water began rising and lifted the boat off the ground.
The water continued to rise, and the boat floated on the water high above the earth.
The water continued to rise above the mountains. The water was more than 20 feet above the highest mountain.
Every living thing on earth died—every man and woman, every bird, and every kind of animal. All the many kinds of animals and all the things that crawl on the ground died. Every living, breathing thing on dry land died.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye are bought with a price,.... Some read these words interrogatively, as 1 Corinthians 7:18, "are ye bought with a price?" and suppose them directed to such who had bought out their time of servitude with a sum of money, and ought not to return to their former condition; but they are rather to be read affirmatively, and to be understood of all, whether freemen or servants, that are bought with the inestimable price of Christ's blood, as in 1 Corinthians 6:20 and contain in them a reason why such as are called by the grace of God, whilst in a state of civil servitude, are Christ's freemen, because they are redeemed by him from sin, Satan, the law, and from among men; and also why such as are called by the grace of God, being in a state of civil liberty, are Christ's servants, because he has purchased them with his blood, and therefore has a right unto them, both to their persons and service:
be not ye the servants of men: not that the apostle dissuades such as are redeemed by Christ, and are believers in him, from being the servants of men in a civil sense; for this would be to contradict himself, who here and elsewhere exhorts servants to continue in the service of their masters, and to perform it heartily and cheerfully, and with great sincerity and integrity; but his meaning is, that since they were redeemed from a vain conversation by the blood of Christ, they should not be servants to the lusts of men, nor obey them in things sinful and wicked, which were contrary to law and Gospel, and which were made unlawful by the word of God, and were a breach of the command of their Lord and master Christ; nor should they in matters of religion and the worship of God submit to the authority of any set of men whatever, or be subject to the doctrines and commandments of men; whether these relate to Jewish ceremonies, or Gentile superstitions, or be a mixture of both: they were to call no man master upon earth; nor suffer any to lord it over them, as the false teachers very much did in this church; but to acknowledge Christ, who had bought them to be their only Lord and master. The allusion seems to he to a tradition of the Jews, that the Israelites being redeemed out of Egypt were the servants of God, and not of men p;
"R. Jochanan ben Zaccai was explaining this Scripture, Exodus 21:6 how different the ear is from all the members of the body; says the holy blessed God, the ear that heard my voice on Mount Sinai, at the time I said, the children of Israel are my servants, ולא עבדים לעבדים, and "not servants to servants"; and this goes and gets itself a master, let it be bored: R. Simeon ben Ribbi was explaining the same Scripture, how different the door and the door post were from all the parts of the house; says the holy blessed God, the door and the door post, which were witnesses in Egypt, at the time that I passed by the threshold, and by the two door posts, and I said, the children of Israel are my servants, and not servants to servants, and I brought them out of bondage to liberty; and this goes and gets itself a master, let it be bored before them.''
p T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 22. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye are bought with a price - Though you are slaves to people, yet you have been purchased for God by the blood of His Son; see the note at 1 Corinthians 6:20. You are, therefore, in his sight of inestimable worth, and are bound to be His.
Be not ye the servants of men - That is, “Do not regard yourselves as the slaves of men. Even in your humble relation of life, even as servants under the laws of the land, regard yourselves as the servants of God, as obeying and serving him “even in this relation,” since all those who are bought with a price - all Christians, whether bond or free - are in fact the servant (slaves, δοῦλοι douloi) of God, 1 Corinthians 7:22. in this relation, therefore, esteem yourselves as the servants of God, as bound by his laws, as subject to him, and as really serving him, while you yield all proper obedience to your master.” Rosenmuller, Grotius, and some others, however, think that this refers to Christians in general; and that the apostle means to caution them against subjecting themselves to needless rites and customs which the false teachers would impose on them. Others have supposed (as Doddridge) that it means that they should not sell themselves into slavery; but assuredly a caution of this kind was not needful. The view given above I regard as the interpretation demanded by the connection. And in this view it would promote contentment, and would even prevent their taking any improper measures to disturb the relations of social life, by the high and solemn consideration that even in that relation they were in common with all Christians, the true and real servants of God. They belonged to God, and they should serve Him. In all things which their masters commanded, that were in accordance with the will of God, and that could be done with a quiet conscience, they were to regard themselves as serving God; if at any time they were commanded to do that which God had forbidden, they were to remember that they were the servants of God, and that he was to be obeyed rather than man.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. Ye are bought with a price — As truly as your bodies have become the property of your masters, in consequence of his paying down a price for you; so sure you are now the Lord's property, in consequence of your being purchased by the blood of Christ.
Some render this verse interrogatively: Are ye bought with a price from your slavery? Do not again become slaves of men. Never sell yourselves; prefer and retain your liberty now that ye have acquired it.
In these verses the apostle shows that the Christian religion does not abolish our civil connections; in reference to them, where it finds us, there it leaves us. In whatever relation we stood before our embracing Christianity, there we stand still; our secular condition being no farther changed than as it may be affected by the amelioration of our moral character. But slavery, and all buying and selling of the bodies and souls of men, no matter what colour or complexion, is a high offence against the holy and just God, and a gross and unprincipled attack on the liberty and rights of our fellow creatures.
