Slaves

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

“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;

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

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.

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.

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 →

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

“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me; — 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 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 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.

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

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,

Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years. — read the full passage →

The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with Yahweh’s help.” — read the full passage →

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ. — 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.

When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. — read the full passage →

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, — read the full passage →

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

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

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 →

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News, — read the full passage →

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

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

So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

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 the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God. — read the full passage →

backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service. — read the full passage →

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

Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.” — 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 one, and despise the other. You aren’t able to serve God and Mammon.”

These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

“Now, you priests, this commandment is for you. — read the full passage →

For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying,

“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?

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

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

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

“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. — read the full passage →

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes. — read the full passage →

A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways. — read the full passage →

Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread. — read the full passage →

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don’t know about. — read the full passage →

I love you, Yahweh, my strength. — read the full passage →

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa. — read the full passage →

Be strong, and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”

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

If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which flows with milk and honey. — read the full passage →

keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.” — read the full passage →

The whole earth was of one language and of one speech. — read the full passage →

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. — read the full passage →

“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.

Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.” — read the full passage →

Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, neither shall you raise up an engraved image or a pillar, neither shall you place any figured stone in your land, to bow down to it; for I am Yahweh your God. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

This saying is faithful, and concerning these things I desire that you affirm confidently, so that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men;

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

But we know that the law is good, if a man uses it lawfully, — read the full passage →

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

For you are all children of God, through faith in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb. — read the full passage →