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Were you calledἐκλήθηςasa slave?ΔοῦλοςDo notμήlet it concernμελέτωyou.σοιButἀλλ’ifεἰindeedκαὶyou canδύνασαιbecomeγενέσθαιfree,ἐλεύθεροςratherμᾶλλονmake use of it.χρῆσαι
1 Corinthians 7:21
Study it in the app“Were you called as a slave? Do not let it concern you. But if indeed you can become free, rather make use of it.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:21, word by word
- Were you calledἐκλήθηςeklēthēs
call to life
God inviting someone to a new life.
Where else “eklēthēs” appears- a slaveΔοῦλοςDoulos
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “Doulos” appears- let it concernμελέτωmeletō
be of concern
Matter, be a concern to someone.
Where else “meletō” appears- you canδύνασαιdynasai
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynasai” appears- becomeγενέσθαιgenesthai
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “genesthai” appears- freeἐλεύθεροςeleutheros
free
A person who belongs to no master and is in charge of their own life.
Where else “eleutheros” appears- ratherμᾶλλονmallon
rather
On the contrary, more accurately.
Where else “mallon” appears- make use of itχρῆσαιchrēsai
use
To make use of something for a purpose.
Where else “chrēsai” appears
Translation note
The Greek is ambiguous: it can also be understood “rather make use of your present condition.”
The context
20Each one, in the calling in which he was called, in that let him remain.
21 · This verse (above)
22For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman; likewise the one who was called as free is the Messiah’s slave.