1 Corinthians 7:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 7:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 7:23 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 7:23 — KJV
“Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.”
— 1 Corinthians 7:23 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 7:23 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 7:23
“And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:23: servants, men
“And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:23: bought, men
“And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:23: bought, men
“Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:23: servants, men
“And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 7:23: servants, men
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