20 Each one should remain in the condition in which he was called. 21 Were you a bondservant¹ when called? Do not be concerned about it. (But if you can gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity.) 22 For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant ^ais a ^bfreedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a ^cbondservant of Christ. 23 You were ^dbought with a price; do not become bondservants of men. 24 So, brothers,² in whatever condition each was called, there let him remain with God.