The Lord's freedman (απελευθερος Κυριου). Απελευθερος is an old word for a manumitted slave, ελευθερος from ερχομα, to go and so g…

For he that is called in the Lord. He who is called by the Lord; he who becomes a Christian.

Being a servant. A slave when…

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, . . .—Better, For he who was converted as a slave is Christ’s freedman; and, simil…

Paul’s other illustration relates to slavery. The key phrase in this passage is “Don’t let it trouble [GK 3508] you” (v.21). Paul is not speaking a…

For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant. To be called in the Lord, being a servant, is to be chosen from the rank of s…

For he that is called in the Lord
Which is to be understood, not of any civil calling, or of calling to an office; o…

The rules of Christianity reach every condition. In every station of life, a person may live so as to be a credit to it. It is the duty of every Ch…