1 CORINTHIANS 7:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.”
Nevertheless, each person should live as the Lord has assigned to them, as God has called them. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. — Paul introduces the cardinal principle: remain in the situation (klēsis = calling, position) in which God called you. The word taassō (assigned) suggests that one's social station is divinely ordained for the purpose of living out one's faith there. This principle applies not just to marriage but to all of life (cf. verses 20-24). The phrase 'in all the churches' signals that this is universal apostolic teaching, not merely local opinion.
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