Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. New Living Translation God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world. English Standard Version You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. Berean Standard Bible You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. Berean Literal Bible You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. King James Bible Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. New King James Version You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. New American Standard Bible You were bought for a price; do not become slaves of people. NASB 1995 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. NASB 1977 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. Legacy Standard Bible You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. Amplified Bible You were bought with a price [a precious price paid by Christ]; do not become slaves to men [but to Christ]. Christian Standard Bible You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of people. Holman Christian Standard Bible You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. American Standard Version Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. Aramaic Bible in Plain English You have been bought with a price; you should not be Servants of people. Contemporary English Version God paid a great price for you. So don't become slaves of anyone else. Douay-Rheims Bible You are bought with a price; be not made the bondslaves of men. English Revised Version Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men. GOD'S WORD® Translation You were bought for a price. Don't become anyone's slaves. Good News Translation God bought you for a price; so do not become slaves of people. International Standard Version You were bought for a price. Stop becoming slaves of people. Literal Standard Version you were bought with a price, do not become servants of men; Majority Standard Bible You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. New American Bible You have been purchased at a price. Do not become slaves to human beings. NET Bible You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men. New Revised Standard Version You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of human masters. New Heart English Bible You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of people. Webster's Bible Translation Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Weymouth New Testament You have all been redeemed at infinite cost: do not become slaves to men. World English Bible You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men. Young's Literal Translation with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Live Your Calling…22For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave. 23You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. 24Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.… Cross References Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. 1 Corinthians 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. Treasury of Scripture You are bought with a price; be not you the servants of men. are. 1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. Leviticus 25:42 For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. be. Matthew 23:8-11 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren… Galatians 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: Jump to Previous Bondmen Bondservants Bought Cost Infinite Payment Price Redeemed Servants SlavesJump to Next Bondmen Bondservants Bought Cost Infinite Payment Price Redeemed Servants Slaves1 Corinthians 7 1. He discusses marriage;4. showing it to be a remedy against sinful desires, 10. and that the bond thereof ought not lightly to be dissolved. 20. Every man must be content with his vocation. 25. Virginity wherefore to be embraced; 35. and for what respects we may either marry, or abstain from marrying. (23) Ye are bought with a price . . .--Better, You were bought with a price therefore become not slaves of men. This carries on the idea of freedmen of the previous verse. With a great price--even the blood of Christ--they have been purchased by Him as freedmen: therefore, do not become slaves of men--do not yield to their views by seeking to change the condition of your calling.Verse 23. - Ye are bought with a price; rather, ye were bought, namely, by Christ; and the price paid for you was his blood (see 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18, 19). Be not ye; rather, become not. The servants of men. There is a grand play of words in the advice to them not to become slaves, at the very moment when he is advising them to continue in slavery. In that which the world called "slavery" the Christian slave might enjoy absolute liberty. The price which a master paid for them was but an unmeaning shadow; they had been bought once and eternally by an infinitely nobler price, and that purchase was the pledge of absolute emancipation. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek You were boughtἠγοράσθητε (ēgorasthēte) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 59: To buy. From agora; properly, to go to market, i.e. to purchase; specially, to redeem. at a price; Τιμῆς (Timēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Strong's 5092: A price, honor. From tino; a value, i.e. Money paid, or valuables; by analogy, esteem, or the dignity itself. {do} not μὴ (mē) Adverb Strong's 3361: Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. become γίνεσθε (ginesthe) Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. slaves δοῦλοι (douloi) Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave. of men. ἀνθρώπων (anthrōpōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being. 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