1 Corinthians 7:23

Ye are bought with a price — Ye belong to God; therefore, where it can be avoided, do not become the bondslaves of men — Which may expose you to many temptations.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye are bought with a price - Though you are slaves to people, yet you have been purchased for God by the blood of His Son; see the note at 1 Cor...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(14) Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. (14) He shows the reason of the unlikeness, because he that desired to be circumcise...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

He now passes on to special classes. First, those who are unmarried or have lost their partners. It would be best for them to follow Paul's example a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

are . were. bought . See 1 Corinthians 6:20 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Yea are bought with a price We had these words in the preceding chapter, ( 1 Corinthians 6:20 ,) but for a different purpose. As to the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Ye are bought with a price - As truly as your bodies have become the property of your mast...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ye are bought with a price— Slaves were bought and sold in the market, as cattle are, and the laws of the Roman Empire considered them as the pro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Be (become) not ye. Paul changes from "thou" ( 1 Corinthians 7:21 ) to "ye." YE AL...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(a) Answer to Questions about Marriage The Corinthians had in their letter ( 1 Corinthians 7:1 ) asked St. Paul's opinion on several points conn...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye are bought with a price... — Better, You were bought with a price therefore become not slaves of men. This carries on the idea of freedmen of...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 11 MARRIAGE THERE are two preliminary considerations which throw some light on this much-contested passage. First, Paul had to speak abou...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Serve God in Your Calling 1 Corinthians 7:15-24 There was much unsettlement in regard to marriage in the church at Corinth. An unnatural asceti...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Certain difficulties had arisen in the Corinthian Church concerning which they had sent inquiries to Paul. He now answers their questions. These answ...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(18) Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. (19) Circumc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye are bought with a price ,.... Some read these words interrogatively, as 1 Corinthians 7:18 , "are ye bought with a price?" and suppose them dire...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let every man abide wherein he was called Affect not to change without the clear and evident leadings of Providence, as there is generally greater...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Those things in Chapter s 5 and 6, which were of such serious importance as demanding correction, had evidently not even been questions in the minds...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christian Contentment. A. D. 57. 17 But as...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Christians Need Not Feel Compelled to Leave the State in Which They Were When They Were Called (7:17-24). Paul now stresses that from a spiritual...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘You were bought with a price. Do not be the bondservants of men.' Taken literally this would contradict what he has said above. But he does not int...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES A. 1. Observe: With this chapter commences a new section of the Epistle; the topics, and perhaps their order, suggested by a le...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 7:23 I. St. Paul's words, "Be not ye the slaves of men," have an important bearing upon the exercise of the understanding. "Bought w...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

It is evident from the tenor of this chapter that the Corinthians had written to the apostle for advice on the subject of marriage and its obligation...
The Biblical Illustrator

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. Every Christian at his post 1. God appoints every...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A general application of these truths:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 6:20 ; 1 Peter 1:18 ; 1 Peter 1:19 ; 1 Peter 3:18 ; Acts 20:28 ; Galatians 2:4 ; Leviticus 25:42 ; Matthew 23:8-11 ; Revelatio...

²³ Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 7:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:23