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There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; — read the full passage →

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

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. — read the full passage →

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. — read the full passage →

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.

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

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: — read the full passage →

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

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

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. — read the full passage →

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. — read the full passage →

Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. — read the full passage →

But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; — read the full passage →

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: — read the full passage →

Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. — read the full passage →

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;

And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. — read the full passage →

God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, — read the full passage →

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

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. — read the full passage →

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: — read the full passage →

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. — read the full passage →

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; — read the full passage →

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.

At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. — read the full passage →

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: — read the full passage →

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; — read the full passage →

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. — read the full passage →

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. — read the full passage →

And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.

That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. — read the full passage →

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. — read the full passage →

Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

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

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,