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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 he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is Christ’s slave. |
For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord’s freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ’s slave. |
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For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman’ similarly, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave. |
For he who as a slave was summoned [to union with] the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just so he who was free when he was called is a bondservant of Christ (the Messiah). |
for the slave who was divinely summoned by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise, he who was divinely summoned when he was a freedman, is Christ’s slave. |
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But a slave who is called to life in Christ is set free in the eyes of the Lord. Similarly a man who was free when God called him becomes a slave – to Christ Himself! |
For the slave who has been called to union with the Lord is the Lord’s freedman; in the same way the freeman who has been called is a slave of Christ. |
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