| Geneva Study Bible Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. People's New Testament 7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. In that secular condition of life in which he was when called. Wesley's Notes 7:20 In the calling - The outward state. Wherein he is - When God calls him. Let him not seek to change this, without a clear direction from Providence. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 20. the same calling-that is, the condition from which he is called a Jew, a Greek, a slave, or a freeman. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 7:17-24 The rules of Christianity reach every condition; and in every state a man may live so as to be a credit to it. It is the duty of every Christian to be content with his lot, and to conduct himself in his rank and place as becomes a Christian. Our comfort and happiness depend on what we are to Christ, not what we are in the world. No man should think to make his faith or religion, an argument to break through any natural or civil obligations. He should quietly and contentedly abide in the condition in which he is placed by Divine Providence. | 
