1 Corinthians 7:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.”
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BSBPD
“You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 7:23 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:42Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
- Matthew 23:8But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.
- Acts 20:28Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
- Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 1 Peter 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
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