1Cor 7:21, 32-35 | ESV | STEP | Were you a bondservant when called ? Do not be concerned about it . ( But if you can gain your freedom , avail yourself of the opportunity.)

1 Corinthians 7:21

21 Were you a bondservant ^{▼▼Or slave; also twice in verse 22 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.)

1 Corinthians 7:32-35

32 I want you to be ^bfree from anxieties. ^cThe unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. 33 But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, 34 and his interests are divided. And the unmarried or betrothed woman is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to be holy in body and spirit. But the married woman is anxious about worldly things, how to please her husband. 35 I say this for your own benefit, ^dnot to lay any restraint upon you, but to promote good order and to secure your undivided devotion to the Lord.