King James Version

1 Corinthians 7:22

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.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “and” (καὶ) before [one] here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γὰρgarForγάρconjunction — “For”G1063for.Forἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inκυρίῳkuriōLordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “Lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.the Lordκληθεὶςklētheishe that is calledκαλέω (kaleō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that is called”, a single actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.he that is calledδοῦλοςdoulosservantδοῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “servant”, the subject formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.servantἀπελεύθεροςapeleutherosfreedmanἀπελεύθεροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “freedman”, the subject formG558a freedman, one who has been a slave but has been manumitted by his master.κυρίουkurioulordκύριος (kurios)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “lord”, the of-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.ἐστίνestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁμοίωςhomoiōssimilarlyὁμοίωςadverb — “similarly”G3668in like manner, similarly, in the same way, equally.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἐλεύθεροςeleutherosfreeἐλεύθεροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “free”, the subject formG1658free, delivered from obligation.This verse uses “free”.κληθεὶςklētheisto callκαλέω (kaleō)verb, aorist passive participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “to call”, a single actionG2564(a) I call, summon, invite, (b) I call, name.This verse uses “call”.δοῦλόςdoulosslaveδοῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “slave”, the subject formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ΧριστοῦchristouChristΧριστός (christos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “Christ”, the of-formG5547anointed; the Messiah, the Christ.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

καὶkaialsoκαίconjunction — “also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

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American Standard Version (1901)

For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ’s bondservant.

Young’s Literal Translation

for he who [is] in the Lord — having been called a servant — is the Lord's freedman: in like manner also he the freeman, having been called, is servant of Christ:

World English Bible

For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.

Darby Translation

For the bondman that is called in [the] Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner [also] the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.

Douay-Rheims

For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.

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