Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 7:23
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1 Corinthians7:23
23 Ye are bought with a price, be not ye the servants of men .
What price we are bought with, we heard Chap. 6.20. the Apostle there pressed it upon us as our duty to glorifie God with our bodies and our spirits: here he presseth upon us another duty, viz. upon that consideration not to be the servants of men: by which some think he forbiddeth the selling themselves as slaves to Infidels: others think that he only forbiddeth eye-service, as the Apostle calls it, Eph. 6.6. while in the mean time they might be the servants of men, if they served them as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with good will doing service as to the Lord, not to men. But the most probable interpretation is, Be not servants to the lusts of men, wherein you can serve men, and in the same actions also serve God, and be obedient to his Will: you may be the servants of men, but be not servants of men in such actions wherein to serve them, you must disobey God.
Marginal references: Chap. 6.20. 1 Pet. 1.18, 19.
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