20. Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
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.