Live Your Calling
1 Corinthians 7:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
- KJV
- But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
- WEB
- Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
- ASV
- Only, as the Lord hath distributed to each man, as God hath called each, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all the churches.
- LSV
- If not, as God distributed to each, as the LORD has called each—so let him walk; and thus I direct in all the assemblies:
- YLT
- if not, as God did distribute to each, as the Lord hath called each — so let him walk; and thus in all the assemblies do I direct:
- DBY
- However, as the Lord has divided to each, as God has called each, so let him walk; and thus I ordain in all the assemblies.Elohim
- DRC
- But as the Lord hath distributed to every one, as God hath called every one, so let him walk: and so in all churches I teach.
- GNV
- But as God hath distributed to euery man, as the Lord hath called euery one, so let him walke: and so ordaine I, in all Churches.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐμέρισεν (“has assigned”); Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μεμέρικεν (“has assigned”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place κύριος elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place θεός elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (3)
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- SBLGNT: ἐμέρισεν. Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read ἐμέρισεν; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read μεμέρικεν.
- SBLGNT: κύριος. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read κύριος; Robinson–Pierpont read θεός.
- SBLGNT: θεός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read θεός; Robinson–Pierpont read κύριος.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Εἰ μὴ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ἐμέρισεν ὁ κύριος, ἕκαστον ὡς κέκληκεν ὁ θεός, οὕτως περιπατείτω· καὶ οὕτως ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πάσαις διατάσσομαι.
- RP2018
- Εἰ μὴ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ἐμέρισεν ὁ θεός, ἕκαστον ὡς κέκληκεν ὁ κύριος, οὕτως περιπατείτω. Καὶ οὕτως ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πάσαις διατάσσομαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Εἰ μὴ ἑκάστῳ ὡς ἐμέρισεν ὁ Θεός, ἕκαστον ὡς κέκληκεν ὁ Κύριος, οὕτω περιπατείτω. Καὶ οὕτως ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις πάσαις διατάσσομαι.
- SCR1894
- ει μη εκαστω ως εμερισεν ο θεος εκαστον ως κεκληκεν ο κυριος ουτως περιπατειτω και ουτως εν ταις εκκλησιαις πασαις διατασσομαι
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Corinthians 4:17That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
- 1 Corinthians 7:24Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
- 1 Corinthians 7:20–21Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called. Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let it concern you—but if you can gain your freedom, take the opportunity.
- Romans 12:3–8For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of…
- 2 Corinthians 8:18Along with Titus we are sending the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in the gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 7:18Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a man still uncircumcised when called? He should not be circumcised.
- 2 Corinthians 11:28Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches.
- 1 Corinthians 7:7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
- 1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- Matthew 19:12For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”
- 1 Peter 4:10–11As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should…
- 1 Corinthians 16:1Now about the collection for the saints, you are to do as I directed the churches of Galatia:
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