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1 Corinthians 7:20

Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

KJV

ἕκαστος ἐν τῇ κλήσει ᾗ ἐκλήθη ἐν ταύτῃ μενέτω.

Greek NT

Unusquisque in qua vocatione vocatus est, in ea permaneat.

Vulgate

Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

ASV

Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
κλῆσις
klesis
noun · 11×
μένω
meno
verb · 117×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἕκαστος
ekastos
adjective · 84×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:17 — 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.
  • 1Cor 7:17 — 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.
  • 1Cor 7:21 — Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
  • 1Cor 7:24 — Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
  • 1Cor 7:27 — Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
  • 1Thess 4:11 — And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
  • 2Thess 3:12 — Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
  • Gen 39:2 — And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
  • Luke 3:10 — And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
  • Prov 27:8 — As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
  • Prov 27:8 — As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.