20Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
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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.
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-24)Here the apostle takes occasion to advise them to continue in the state and condition in which Christianity found them, and in which they became converts to it. And here, I. He lays down this rule in general— as God hath distributed to every one . Note, Our states and circumstances in this world are distributions of divine Providence. This fixes the bounds of men’s habitations , and orders their s…
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