1 Corinthians 7:23

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

Ye are bought {G59} with a price {G5092}; be {G1096} not {G3361} ye {G1096} the servants {G1401} of men {G444}.

You were bought at a price, so do not become slaves of other human beings.

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

Ye were bought with a price; become not bondservants of men.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Corinthians 6:20 (15 votes)

    For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

  • 1 Peter 1:18 (12 votes)

    Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;

  • 1 Peter 1:19 (12 votes)

    But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

  • Titus 2:14 (10 votes)

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Leviticus 25:42 (10 votes)

    For they [are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

  • Revelation 5:9 (9 votes)

    And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

  • Acts 20:28 (6 votes)

    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.