1 Corinthians 7:20 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

²⁰ Let every one remain in that condition of life in which he was when the Call came to him.

¹⁰ "What are we to do then?" the people asked. ¹¹ "Let the man who has two coats," answered John, "share with him who has none; and the man who has food do the same." ¹² Even tax-gatherers came to be baptized, and said to John: "Teacher, what are we to do?" ¹³ "Do not collect more than you have authority to demand," John answered. ¹⁴ And when some soldiers on active service asked "And we--what are we to do?" he said: "Never use violence, or exact anything by false accusation; and be content with your pay."

¹⁷ In any case, a man should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to him, and in which he was when God called him. This is the rule that I lay down in every Church.

²¹ Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. No, even if you are able to gain your freedom, still do your best. ²² For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave. ²³ You were bought, and the price was paid. Do not let yourselves become slaves to men. ²⁴ Brothers, let every one remain in the condition in which he was when he was called, in close communion with God.

¹¹ Make it your ambition to live quietly, and to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we directed you;

¹² All such people we urge, and entreat, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to attend quietly to their business, and earn their own living.