...Circumcision ¿s nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of God's commandments is something. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Romans 7:18-19 Why are people circumcising their sons today? I bet if you ask them, they really could...

...presupposition he must prove his faithfulness in this vocation, 1 Cor. 7:20 is relevant in this connection: "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called." But what does it mean to abide in his calling? It certainly means that he must not glance aside at...

...being free, is slave of the Messiah. What does klesis mean here? What does the following phrase mean: "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called [en te klesei he eklethe]"'! Before Beruf answering this question, we must first examine the problem...

...friend and your companion. cial relationship of power between God and the single believer. Paul wrote, "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called" (1 Cor. 7:20). In other words, the person who is single should be abiding, not wrestling, in singleness....

...us hear what he says upon it. In the 20, 21 and 22nd verses he speaks to the very point in question: Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he...not for it but if thou mayest be made free use it rather6 — For he that is called in the Lord being a Servant is the Lord's free man, likewise also...

...for polygamy and easy divorce — he never said a word against slaveholding. >• i Corinthians 7:21: "Art thou called being a servant? Care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." (While a Christian slave may welcome emancipation, that slave should not chafe if emancipation is not...

...7:21 was and is a puzzle that begins on a grammatical level.31 It reads in the King James Version, "Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather."32 The antecedent of it is ambiguous, leaving the reader to ask, Use what) Did Paul mean to...

...ground the Apostle saith, Art thou called being a servant? care not for it and that upon this reason, He that is called in the Lord being a servant, is the Lord's freeman (1 Cor 7:21,22). This reason is to be noted against the conceit that most have of a servant's place,...

...to the very point in question: Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called—art thou called being a Servant? Care not for it but if thou maycst be made free use it rather 6 —For he that is called in the Lord bcine a Servant is the o Lord's...

...much is given, and much more is required from those to whom much more is given. " Luke 12:47-48 NLT 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...