New American Standard Bible 2020

1 Corinthians 7:21-28

21Were you calledG2564 as a slaveG1401? Do not let it concernG3199 you. But ifG1487 you are alsoG2532 ableG1410 to becomeG1096 freeG1658, takeG5530 G3123 advantageG5530 G3123 of that. 22For the one who was calledG2564 in the LordG2962 as a slaveG1401, is 1the Lord’sG2962 freedG558 personG558; likewiseG3668 the one who was calledG2564 as freeG1658, is 2Christ’sG5547 slaveG1401. 23 3You were boughtG59 for a priceG5092; do not becomeG1096 slavesG1401 of peopleG444. 24BrothersG80 and sisters, 4eachG1538 oneG1538 is to remainG3306 with GodG2316 in that condition in whichG3739 he was calledG2564.

25NowG1161 concerningG4012 virginsG3933, I haveG2192 5noG3756 commandG2003 of the LordG2962, but I am offeringG1325 directionG1106 as one who 6 7by the mercyG1653 of the LordG2962 is trustworthyG4103. 26I thinkG3543, thenG3767, that thisG3778 is goodG2570 inG1223 viewG1223 ofG1223 the 8presentG1764 9distressG318, that 10it is goodG2570 for a manG444 11to remainG1510 as he is. 27Are you boundG1210 to a wifeG1135? Do not seekG2212 to be releasedG3080. Are you releasedG3089 from a wifeG1135? Do not seekG2212 a wifeG1135. 28But ifG1437 you marryG1060, you have not sinnedG264; and ifG1437 a virginG3933 marriesG1060, she has not sinnedG264. YetG1161 suchG5108 peopleG5108 as yourselves will haveG2192 12troubleG2347 in thisG3588 lifeG4561, and I am trying to spareG5339 you.

Notes

1. 1 Corinthians 7:22 John 8:32, 36; Philem 16 ↩
2. 1 Corinthians 7:22 Eph 6:6; Col 3:24; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
3. 1 Corinthians 7:23 1 Cor 6:20 ↩
4. 1 Corinthians 7:24 1 Cor 7:20 ↩
5. 1 Corinthians 7:25 1 Cor 7:6 ↩
6. 1 Corinthians 7:25 Lit has been shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy ↩
7. 1 Corinthians 7:25 2 Cor 4:1; 1 Tim 1:13, 16 ↩
8. 1 Corinthians 7:26 Or impending ↩
9. 1 Corinthians 7:26 Luke 21:23; 2 Thess 2:2 ↩
10. 1 Corinthians 7:26 1 Cor 7:1, 8 ↩
11. 1 Corinthians 7:26 Lit so to be ↩
12. 1 Corinthians 7:28 Lit tribulation in the flesh ↩