...divine order'. The authority for this view was St Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, 7:20: 'Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called'. The 'calling' of miners was an economic one, to be justified in terms of the provision of work and...

...thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord. Philemon 10-16 Conversion Does Not Alter Earthly Relations 21 Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather, 22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that...

...price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's," 1 Corinthians 6:20. Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if tfaou mayest be made free, use it rather. For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the...

...predicament and the hand of the Lord was upon her. This portion of scripture eloquently describes her. "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he...a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be free, use it rather. "For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise...

...gain your freedom, do so." The KJV, however, makes no decision on the crux and leaves it ambiguous: "Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather" (emphasis in original). The use of italics identifies a word inserted by the translators, which is...

...258). Niles begins his "Discourse" by appealing to the Bible and quoting Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:21 : ryan-Paul He admits that this passage, at first glance, seems to justify servitude. He thus raises the pressing...

...at the way the New Testament was most commonly quoted in defense of slavery — i Corinthians 7:21, "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather."104 The proslavery interpretation of this verse was inverted by Haynes, who showed that i Corinthians...

..."Let every man (says Paul,) abide in the same calling wherein he is called. Art thou called beings, servant? care not for it; but if thou mayest be made free use it rather." (1 Cotirahians, vii. 20, z1.) . . . These, and many other passages in the New Testament, most convincingly...

...obedience to masters. When the sermon was later published, this point was italicized for emphasis: "He that is called in the Lord, being a Servant, is the Lord's freeman."" Yet the closer Christian fellowship came to transcending social differences, the more Old Light churches...

...a decision. "Remain in the Ration Qod Called low In First Corinthians 7:20, the Apostle Paul wrote, Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Calling means "station" or "place" or "situation" where you were when you became born again. Paul explained:...