“Let euery man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
- King James Version
Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.
- Basic English Bible
Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.
- Darby Bible
Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.
- Webster's Bible
Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.
- Weymouth Bible
Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.
- World English Bible
Ech man in what clepyng he is clepid, in that dwelle he.
- Wycliffe Bible
Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:20
7:20 In the calling - The outward state. Wherein he is - When God calls him. Let him not seek to change this, without a clear direction from Providence.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Corinthians 7:20
1Co 7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. In that secular condition of life in which he was when called.