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1 Corinthians 7:21

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Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.	Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.	For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being] free, is Christ's servant.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Art thou called^G2564 being a servant^G1401? care^{G3199 G4671} not^G3361 for it^G3199: but^G235 if^G1499 thou mayest^G1410 be made^G1096 free^G1658, use^G5530 it rather^G3123.

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Original Greek

δοῦλος ἐκλήθης; μή σοι μελέτω· ἀλλ’ εἰ καὶ δύνασαι ἐλεύθερος γενέσθαι, μᾶλλον χρῆσαι.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
δοῦλος	doulos	G1401	N-NSM	a servant
ἐκλήθης;	eklēthēs	G2564	V-API-2S	Art thou called
μή	mē	G3361	PRT-N	not
σοι	soi	G4671	P-2DS
μελέτω·	meletō	G3199	V-PAM-3S	care for it
ἀλλ’	all’	G235	CONJ	but
εἰ	ei	G1487	COND	if
καὶ	kai	G2532	CONJ
δύνασαι	dunasai	G1410	V-PNI-2S	thou mayest
ἐλεύθερος	eleutheros	G1658	A-NSM	free
γενέσθαι,	genesthai	G1096	V-2ADN	be made
μᾶλλον	mallon	G3123	ADV	rather
χρῆσαι.	chrēsai	G5530	V-ADM-2S	use

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G235 — ἀλλά (allá, al-lah'): but, except — neuter plural of ἄλλος; properly, other things, i.e. (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations):--and, but (even), howbeit, indeed, nay, nevertheless, no, notwithstanding, save, therefore, yea, yet.
• G1096 — γίνομαι (gínomai, ghin'-om-ahee): I come into being, am born — a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.):--arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
• G1401 — δοῦλος (doûlos, doo'-los): a male slave — from δέω; a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency):--bond(-man), servant.
• G1410 — δύναμαι (dýnamai, doo'-nam-ahee): I am powerful, am able — of uncertain affinity; to be able or possible:--be able, can (do, + -not), could, may, might, be possible, be of power.
• G1499 — εἰ καί (ei kaí, i kahee): from εἰ and καί; if also (or even):--if (that), though.
• G1658 — ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, el-yoo'-ther-os): free, delivered from obligation — probably from the alternate of ἔρχομαι; unrestrained (to go at pleasure), i.e. (as a citizen) not a slave (whether freeborn or manumitted), or (genitive case) exempt (from obligation or liability):--free (man, woman), at liberty.
• G2564 — καλέω (kaléō, kal-eh'-o): I call, invite, name — akin to the base of κελεύω; to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise):--bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
• G3123 — μᾶλλον (mâllon, mal'-lon): more, rather — neuter of the comparative of the same as μάλιστα; (adverbially) more (in a greater degree)) or rather:--+ better, X far, (the) more (and more), (so) much (the more), rather.
• G3199 — μέλω (mélō, mel'-o): it is a care, it concerns — a primary verb; to be of interest to, i.e. to concern (only third person singular present indicative used impersonally, it matters):--(take) care.
• G3361 — μή (mḗ, may): not, lest — a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.
• G4671 — σοί (soí, soy): dative case of σύ; to thee:--thee, thine own, thou, thy.
• G5530 — χράομαι (chráomai, khrah'-om-ahee): I use, make use of, deal with — middle voice of a primary verb (perhaps rather from χείρ, to handle); to furnish what is needed; (give an oracle, "graze" (touch slightly), light upon, etc.), i.e. (by implication) to employ or (by extension) to act towards one in a given manner:--entreat, use. Compare χράω; χρή.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• G1487 — εἰ (ei, i): if — a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.:--forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in εἴγε, εἰ δὲ μή(γε), εἰ καί, εἰ μή, εἰ μή τι, εἴ περ, εἴ πως, εἴ τις, ἐκ. See also ἐάν.
• G2532 — καί (kaí, kahee): and, even, also, namely — apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.

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