²⁴ Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.^(A)

²⁰ Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.^(A)

²³ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ²⁴ since you know that you will receive an inheritance^(A) from the Lord as a reward.^(B) It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Concerning Change of Status

¹⁷ Nevertheless, each person should live as a believer in whatever situation the Lord has assigned to them, just as God has called them.^(A) This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.^(B)

²² After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God^(A) 300 years and had other sons and daughters. ²³ Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked faithfully with God;^(B) then he was no more, because God took him away.^(C)