18. If you are already circumcised, don't try to change it. If you are not circumcised, don't get circumcised.
19. Being circumcised or uncircumcised isn't really what matters. The important thing is to obey God's commands.
20. So don't try to change what you were when God chose you.
21. Are you a slave? Don't let that bother you. But if you can win your freedom, you should.
22. When the Lord chooses slaves, they become his free people. And when he chooses free people, they become slaves of Christ.
23. God paid a great price for you. So don't become slaves of anyone else.
24. Stay what you were when God chose you.
25. I don't know of anything that the Lord said about people who have never been married. But I will tell you what I think. And you can trust me, because the Lord has treated me with kindness.