20 Let each of you remain in the situation[a] in which he was called. 21 Were you called while a slave? Don’t let it concern you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.[b] 22 For he who is called by the Lord as a slave(A) is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called as a free man is Christ’s slave.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:20 Lit in the calling
  2. 7:21 Or But even though you can become free, make the most of your position as a slave

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