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1 Corinthians 7

1 Cor. 7:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye are bought
agorazo (Greek #59)
properly, to go to market, i.e. (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem
KJV usage: buy, redeem.
Pronounce: ag-or-ad'-zo
Origin: from 58
b with a price
time (Greek #5092)
a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
KJV usage: honour, precious, price, some.
Pronounce: tee-may'
Origin: from 5099
; be
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
not
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
ye
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
the servants
doulos (Greek #1401)
a slave (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary; frequently, therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency)
KJV usage: bond(-man), servant.
Pronounce: doo'-los
Origin: from 1210
of men
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
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1 Cor. 6:20• 20for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:20)
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1 Peter 1:18‑19• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,
 19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:18‑19)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Cor. 6:20• 20for ye have been bought with a price: glorify now then God in your body. (1 Cor. 6:20)
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Lev. 25:42• 42For they are my bondmen, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as men sell bondmen. (Lev. 25:42)
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Acts 20:28• 28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own. (Acts 20:28)
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Titus 2:14• 14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:14)
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1 Peter 1:18‑19• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,
 19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:18‑19)
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1 Peter 3:18• 18for Christ indeed has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in flesh, but made alive in the Spirit, (1 Peter 3:18)
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Rev. 5:9• 9And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed to God, by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, (Rev. 5:9)
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Matt. 23:8‑11• 8But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren.
 9And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
 10Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.
 11But the greatest of you shall be your servant. (Matt. 23:8‑11)
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Gal. 2:4• 4and it was on account of the false brethren brought in surreptitiously, who came in surreptitiously to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage; (Gal. 2:4)
• On the other hand, if you are a freeman, take care how you use your liberty: use it as the Lord’s bondman. The freeman is reminded of his bondmanship; the bondman is reminded of his freedom. (“1 Corinthians 7” by W. Kelly)
• A single eye alone secures true service, and yet is perfect liberty. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 7:15-24” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye have been bought with a price; do not be the bondmen of men.

W. Kelly Translation

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Ye were bought with a price; become not bondmen of men.