ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 7 v21

OUR SLAVERY AND OUR FREEDOM. ORIGEN: I am a slave of that affair and care to which I am bound. For I know that it is written that whatever one is conquered by, to that he is delivered as a slave. … Who will free me from this most unseemly slavery except him who said, “If the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed”? HOMILIES 13.

A SLAVE WHEN CALLED. AMBROSIASTER: Paul encourages slaves to serve their earthy masters well, so that they may appear to them to deserve their freedom. A slave who did not do his work properly would blaspheme the name of Christ and do nothing to further God’s cause. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

DO NOT USE RELIGION AS AN EXCUSE. THEODORET OF CYR: Paul is saying that no slave should run away, using religion as his excuse. COMMENTARY ON THE FIRST EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 207.

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