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Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

“Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting; — read the full passage →

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. — read the full passage →

“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them. — read the full passage →

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much rather to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. — read the full passage →

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it.

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. — read the full passage →

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed. — read the full passage →

But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

If a man is found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and he deals with him as a slave, or sells him; then that thief shall die. So you shall remove the evil from your midst.

You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you.

You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

You shall not deliver to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you. — read the full passage →

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, “You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. — read the full passage →

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Yahweh said to Moses in Mount Sinai, — read the full passage →

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God. — read the full passage →

where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

For he who was called in the Lord being a bondservant is the Lord’s free man. Likewise he who was called being free is Christ’s bondservant.

Were you called being a bondservant? Don’t let that bother you, but if you get an opportunity to become free, use it. — read the full passage →

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; — read the full passage →

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.

“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do. — read the full passage →

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

“‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

“‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you.

You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.

But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’ — read the full passage →

“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked. — read the full passage →

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man slayers, — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? May it never be! — read the full passage →

May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes, — read the full passage →

After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

It shall not be so among you, but whoever desires to become great among you shall beyour servant. — read the full passage →

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. — read the full passage →

At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn’t listen to me, neither inclined their ear.

that every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that no one should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.

“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. — read the full passage →

But I trust in your loving kindness. My heart rejoices in your salvation. — read the full passage →

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and Yahweh your God delivers them into your hands, and you carry them away captive, — read the full passage →

It shall be, if he tells you, “I will not go out from you,” because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you;

If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you, and serves you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. — read the full passage →

“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. — read the full passage →

If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

“If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.

He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”

God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.

and cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people’s bodies and souls.

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness — read the full passage →

God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. — read the full passage →

They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

For a servant when he is king; a fool when he is filled with food;