Key Verse Spotlight
1 Corinthians 7:18 β Meaning and Application
King James Version
βIs any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.β
1 Corinthians 7:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save {thy} husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save {thy} wife? {how: Gr. what}
But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
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