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You were boughtἠγοράσθητεat a price;τιμῆςdo notμὴbecomeγίνεσθεslavesδοῦλοιof men.ἀνθρώπων
1 Corinthians 7:23
Study it in the app“You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 7:23, word by word
- You were boughtἠγοράσθητεēgorasthēte
redeem
To pay the price to rescue someone.
Where else “ēgorasthēte” appears- at a priceτιμῆςtimēs
price
What is paid for something.
Where else “timēs” appears- becomeγίνεσθεginesthe
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “ginesthe” appears- slavesδοῦλοιdouloi
slave
A person who belongs to a master and serves him.
Where else “douloi” appears- of menἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpōn” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24Each one, brothers, in whatever state he was called, in that let him remain before God.