21. Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you – although if you can gain your freedom, do so.
22. For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.
23. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.
24. Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
25. Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
26. Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is.