1 Corinthians 7:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

New Living Translation
Yes, each of you should remain as you were when God called you.

English Standard Version
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called.

Berean Study Bible
Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

New American Standard Bible
Each person is to remain in that state in which he was called.

NASB 1995
Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called.

NASB 1977
Let each man remain in that condition in which he was called.

Amplified Bible
Each one should remain in the condition in which he was [when he was] called.

Christian Standard Bible
Let each of you remain in the situation in which he was called.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Each person should remain in the life situation in which he was called.

Contemporary English Version
So don't try to change what you were when God chose you.

Good News Translation
Each of you should remain as you were when you accepted God's call.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All people should stay as they were when they were called.

International Standard Version
Everyone should stay in the same condition in which he was called.

NET Bible
Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

New King James Version
Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.

King James 2000 Bible
Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

New Heart English Bible
Let each person stay in that calling in which he was called.

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

American King James Version
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.

American Standard Version
Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

A Faithful Version
Let each one abide in the calling in which he was called.

Darby Bible Translation
Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.

English Revised Version
Let each man abide in that calling wherein he was called.

Webster's Bible Translation
Let every man continue in the same calling in which he was called.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Let euery man abide in the same vocation wherein he was called.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Let euery man abyde in the same calling, wherein he was called.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Let euery one abyde in the callynge wherin he is called.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Let every man abyde in the same state wherin he was called.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Each in the calling in which he was called—in this let him remain;

Berean Literal Bible
Each in the calling in which he has been called, in this let him abide.

Young's Literal Translation
Each in the calling in which he was called -- in this let him remain;

Smith's Literal Translation
Each in the calling which he was called, in this let him remain.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Let each abide in that calling in which he has been called.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let every man abide in the same calling in which he was called.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Let each and every one remain in the same calling to which he was called.

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Let every person continue in the calling in which he was called.

Lamsa Bible
Let every man remain in the station of life in which he is called.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
Let every one remain in that condition in which he was, when called.

Godbey New Testament
Let each one abide in the same calling in which he is called.

Haweis New Testament
Let every one abide in the calling in which he is called.

Mace New Testament
let every man continue in the same state he was in when he turn'd christian.

Weymouth New Testament
Whatever be the condition in life in which a man was, when he was called, in that let him continue.

Worrell New Testament
Let each one abide in that calling in which he was called.

Worsley New Testament
In the calling in which every one was called, let him continue.
















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