1 Corinthians 7:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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 ALL are "bought" with the costly blood of Christ to be free men (1 Corinthians 6:20) - 'become not servants to men,' either externally or spiritually. Christian freemen should not be servile adherents to party leaders (1 Corinthians 3:21-22; Matthew 23:8-10; 2 Corinthians 11:20). The external and internal conditions, as far as attainable, should correspond, and the former be subservient to the latter (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:21; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35).

1 Corinthians 7:23

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