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.
For - being spiritually free, one ought to be so bodily also.
The Lord's freeman (Philemon 1:16) - rather, "freedman," spiritually made free by the Lord: from sin, John 8:36; from the law, Romans 8:2; from "circumcision," 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:1.
Christ's servant (1 Corinthians 9:21) - deprived of the false liberty of self-indulgence. Love makes Christ's service perfect freedom (Matthew 11:29-30; Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 2:16).