18. Was anyone called when he already had been circumcised? Let him not make himself uncircumcised. Has anyone been called while uncircumcised? Let him not allow himself to be circumcised.
19. Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing—but keeping God’s commandments matters.
20. Let each one remain in the calling in which he was called.
21. Were you called as a slave? Don’t let that bother you—but if indeed you can become free, make the most of the opportunity.
22. For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. Likewise the one who was called while free is Messiah’s slave.
23. You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
24. Brothers and sisters, let each one—in whatever way he was called—remain that way with God.
25. Now concerning virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
26. I think then, because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is.
27. Are you bound to a wife? Don’t seek a divorce. Are you free from a wife? Don’t seek a wife.