1Corinthians:7:20-21
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1Corinthians:7:20 @{
Wherein he was called } (\
h
i ekl
th \).
When he was called by God and saved ,
whether a Jew or a Gentile ,
a slave or a freeman .
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1Corinthians:7:21 @{
Wast thou called being a bondservant ?} (\
doulos ekl
th
s ;\).
First aorist passive indicative .
Wast thou ,
a slave ,
called ? {
Care not for it } (\
m
soi melet \). "
Let it not be a care to thee ."
Third person singular (
impersonal )
of \
melei \,
old verb with dative \
soi \.
It was usually a fixed condition and a slave could be a good servant of Christ (
Colossians:3:22 ;
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Ephesians:6:5 ;
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Titus:2:9 |),
even with heathen masters . {
Use it rather } (\
mallon chr
sai \).
Make use of what ?
There is no "
it "
in the Greek .
Shall we supply \
eleutheri
i \ (
instrumental case after \
chr
sai \
or \
doulei
i \)?
Most naturally \
eleutheri
i \,
freedom ,
from \
eleutheros \,
just before .
In that case \
ei kai \
is not taken as although ,
but \
kai \
goes with \
dunasai \, "
But if thou canst also become free ,
the rather use your opportunity for freedom ."
On the whole this is probably Paul '
s idea and is in full harmony with the general principle above about mixed marriages with the heathen . \
Chr
sai \
is second person singular aorist middle imperative of \
chraomai \,
to use ,
old and common verb .