1st Corinthians Chapter 7 verse 23 Holy Bible
Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.
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It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.
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Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.
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Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
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You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.
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with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;
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1st Corinthians 7 : 23 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Ye are bought with a price; rather, ye were bought, namely, by Christ; and the price paid for you was his blood (see 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18, 19). Be not ye; rather, become not. The servants of men. There is a grand play of words in the advice to them not to become slaves, at the very moment when he is advising them to continue in slavery. In that which the world called "slavery" the Christian slave might enjoy absolute liberty. The price which a master paid for them was but an unmeaning shadow; they had been bought once and eternally by an infinitely nobler price, and that purchase was the pledge of absolute emancipation.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Ye are bought with a price . . .--Better, You were bought with a price therefore become not slaves of men. This carries on the idea of freedmen of the previous verse. With a great price--even the blood of Christ--they have been purchased by Him as freedmen: therefore, do not become slaves of men--do not yield to their views by seeking to change the condition of your calling.
