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Your Ultimate Master is Christ
Commentators unanimously affirm that being "bought with a price" refers to redemption through Christ's blood. This establishes God as your ultimate authority. Therefore, your service or obedience to any human—be it an employer, leader, or institution—is secondary. You are fundamentally a servant of God, and your primary allegiance belongs to Him alone.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 7:23
18th Century
Theologian
You are bought with a price. Though you are slaves to men, yet you have been purchased for God by the blood of his Son (see Barnes on [Ref…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 7:23
Ye were bought with a price (τιμης ηγορασθητε). See on 6:20 for this very phrase, here repeated. Both classes (slaves and freemen)…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 7:23
19th Century
Bishop
You are bought with a price . . .—Better, You were bought with a price; therefore, do not become slaves of men. …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 7:23
Paul points up the priority of Christ’s authority over Christians. In all earthly service they must realize that their obedience and service are to…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 7:23
16th Century
Theologian
You are bought with a price. We had these words in the preceding chapter (1 Corinthians 6:20), but for a different purpose. Re…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 7:23
17th Century
Pastor
You are bought with a price
Some read these words interrogatively, as (1 Corinthians 7:18 [Reference 1 C…
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…