1 Corinthians 7:21 — Were you a slave when you were called? Do not worry about that [since your stat… — AMP | maBible
Read 1 Corinthians 7:21 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 1 Corinthians 7.21, 1 Corinthians 7v21, 1Co. 7:21. Were you a slave when you were called? Do not worry about that [since your status as a believer is equal to that of a freeborn believer]; but if you ar…
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Do not worry about that [since your status as a believer is equal to that of a freeborn believer]; but if you are able to gain your freedom, do that.
Notes and references
In practice, even if both a slave and his master became Christians, the slave would remain so unless he were freed (cf Onesimus and Philemon); he could not claim that his freedom in Christ applied to his civil status as a slave. But it would have been wrong for others to treat a slave differently f…
This essentially is an exception to the rule of v 20.