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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

1 Corinthians 7:20

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1 Corinthians 7:20 (WEB)

Let each man stay in that calling in which he was called.

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Jerome

  • “…and because “the wife hath not power of her own body,” and because the apostle says “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called” in the Lord, and because he that is under the yoke ought so to run as not to leave his companion in the mire, I counsel you to pay back to the full in your…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 20.

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Tertullian

  • “Then, as to the argument they have the hardihood to bring even from the Scriptures, “that the apostle has said, ‘As each has been found, so let him persevere.’”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. vii. 20. In Eng. ver., “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.”

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