7:17 Nevertheless, 1 as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.
1 tn Or “only”; Grk “if not.”
2 tn Grk “in the calling.” “Calling” in Paul is God’s work of drawing people to faith in Christ. As in 1:26, calling here stands by metonymy for a person’s circumstances when he becomes a Christian.