1 Corinthians 7:23 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 7:23

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

KJV

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ASV

Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

WEB

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

YLT

with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

DBT

Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 Corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Peter 1:18
Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Revelation 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Leviticus 25:42
For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

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be not ye--Greek, "become not ye." Paul here changes from "thou" (1Co 7:21) to "ye." YE ALL are "bought" with the blood of Christ, whatever be your earthly state (1Co 6:20).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1CO 7:231CO 6:20 1PE 2:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 7:231CO 6:20 1PE 1:18
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
1CO 7:231CO 6:20 ROM 12:1
1CO 7:23REV 5:9 1PE 1:18-19
1CO 7:23TIT 2:14 HEB 9:14
1CO 7:23REV 5:9 1JN 1:7
1CO 7:23TIT 2:14 EPH 2:10
1CO 7:23REV 5:9 MAT 26:28

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