7:24 {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.
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.
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.
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.
