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1 Corinthians 7:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.


1 Corinthians 7:23Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 7:236 words
GreekMeaning
τιμῆςtimēs
With a pricenounG5092
ἠγοράσθητεēgorasthēte
you were boughtverbG59
μὴ
notadverbG3361
γίνεσθεginesthe
do becomeverbG1096
δοῦλοιdouloi
slavesnounG1401
ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
of mennounG444
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 7:23

“You were bought with a price: become not bondservants of men.” This saying is addressed not to slaves only but also to free men. For it is possible for one who is a slave not to be a slave; and for one who is a freeman to be a slave. “And how can one be a slave and not a slave?” When he does all for God: when he feigns nothing, and does nothing out of eye-service towards men: that is how one that is a slave to men can be free. Or again, how does one that is free become a…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 19 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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