Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Verse Takeaways
1
Your Calling, Not Your Condition
Commentators agree that Paul's primary message is spiritual contentment. Whether a person was a slave or free, their social status was secondary to their new identity in Christ. Paul urges believers not to be anxious about their worldly circumstances, as our ultimate comfort and happiness depend on our relationship with God, not our position in society.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
1 Corinthians
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
Commentaries
7
Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:21
18th Century
Theologian
Being a servant. doulov. A slave. Slaves abounded in Greece, and in every part of the heathen world. Athens, for example, had, in…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:21
Wast thou called being a bondservant? (δουλος εκληθησ; ). First aorist passive indicative. Wast thou, a slave, called?
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:21
19th Century
Bishop
Art thou called being a servant?—Better, Were you called while a slave? Do not let that make you anxious. The fa…
Go Ad-Free
Go ad-free and create your own bookmark library
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:21
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:21
16th Century
Theologian
Art thou called being a servant? We see here that Paul’s purpose is to reassure their consciences, for he exhorts servants to be of good c…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:21
17th Century
Pastor
Art you called being a servant?
&c.] That is, called by grace whilst in the condition of a servant,
<…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 7:17–24
17th Century
Minister
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…