1 Corinthians 7:20 - Exposition

Let every man abide in the same calling, etc. In accordance with this general principle, which illustrates the distinction between Christianity and violent social revolutions, St. John the Baptist had not bidden publicans or soldiers to abandon their callings, but to do their duty in that state of life to which God had called them ( Luke 3:12-14 ). The "calling" alluded to is not what is described as "a vocation," a calling in life, but the condition in which we are when we are called by God .