{15} Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with {r} God.

(15) A repetition of the general doctrine.

(r) So purely and from the heart, that your doings may be approved before God.

People's New Testament

7:24 Let every man, in the state in which he is called, etc. Let each one remain in the domestic and social condition in which the call of God found him.

Wesley's Notes

7:24 Therein abide with God - Doing all things as unto God, and as in his immediate presence. They who thus abide with God preserve an holy indifference with regard to outward things.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

24. abide with God-being chiefly careful of the footing on which he stands towards God rather than that towards men. This clause, "with God," limits the similar precept in 1Co 7:20. A man may cease to "abide in the calling wherein he was called," and yet not violate the precept here. If a man's calling be not favorable to his "abiding with God" (retaining holy fellowship with Him), he may use lawful means to change from it (compare Note, see on [2287]1Co 7:21).

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.