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22 For the one having been called in the Lord as a slave is a freedperson of the Lord. Likewise the one having been called as a free one is a slave of Christ. 23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves[a] of people. 24 Each in what he was called, brothers— in this let him remain with God.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 7:23 That is, sell yourselves as slaves; or, become slaves of the opinions of people regarding your status in life.

22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(A) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(B) 23 You were bought at a price;(C) do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.(D)

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