1 CORINTHIANS 7:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 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.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:17
And again, “Only as God has distributed to each man, as the Lord has called each, so let him walk. Was any one called being circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was any called in uncircumcision? Let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but the keeping of the commandments of God. Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called. Were you called, being a slave? Care not for it.” These things contribute nothing unto…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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