Slaves

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

no more as a servant, but above a servant--a brother beloved, especially to me, and how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord!

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me, — read the full passage →

for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,

for ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye did receive a spirit of adoption in which we cry, `Abba--Father.'

`The Spirit of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon me, Because He did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

`When a man is found stealing a person, of his brethren, of the sons of Israel, and hath tyrannized over him, and sold him, then hath that thief died, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth--having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings--

Happy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so; — read the full passage →

and saith: `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.

And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum; — read the full passage →

`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

and He saith to Abram, `knowing--know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, — read the full passage →

And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;' — read the full passage →

for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ--denying, — read the full passage →

if the sun hath risen upon him, blood <FI>is<Fi> for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

`And when they may finish their testimony, the beast that is coming up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them, — read the full passage →

not as Cain--of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, — read the full passage →

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' — read the full passage →

Servants--to their own masters <FI>are<Fi> to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying, — read the full passage →

As many as are servants under a yoke, their own masters worthy of all honour let them reckon, that the name of God and the teaching may not be evil spoken of; — read the full passage →

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news, — read the full passage →

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →

In the freedom, then, with which Christ did make you free--stand ye, and be not held fast again by a yoke of servitude; — read the full passage →

so that thou art no more a servant, but a son, and if a son, also an heir of God through Christ.

a servant--wast thou called? be not anxious; but if also thou art able to become free--use <FI>it<Fi> rather; — read the full passage →

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us--those being saved--it is the power of God, — read the full passage →

evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration, — read the full passage →

if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.' — read the full passage →

`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

but not so shall it be among you, but whoever may will among you to become great, let him be your ministrant; — read the full passage →

And having seen the multitudes, he went up to the mount, and he having sat down, his disciples came to him, — read the full passage →

And now, to you <FI>is<Fi> this charge, O priests, — read the full passage →

For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men. — read the full passage →

`Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, I--I made a covenant with your fathers in the day of My bringing them forth from the land of Egypt, from a house of servants, saying,

Is not this the fast that I chose--To loose the bands of wickedness, To shake off the burdens of the yoke, And to send out the oppressed free, And every yoke ye draw off?

Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself. — read the full passage →

Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes. — read the full passage →

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step. — read the full passage →

Better <FI>is<Fi> the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread. — read the full passage →

Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: --I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength. — read the full passage →

And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa, — read the full passage →

Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you--then ye have become men, and have fought.'

`Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord; — read the full passage →

`When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years--then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee. — read the full passage →

if Jehovah hath delighted in us, then He hath brought us in unto this land, and hath given it to us, a land which is flowing with milk and honey; — read the full passage →

keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on a fourth.' — read the full passage →

And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, — read the full passage →

(not by works that <FI>are<Fi> in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,

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

And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who <FI>are<Fi> in the world--to the end he loved them. — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

A Psalm of David. The affirmation of Jehovah to my Lord: `Sit at My right hand, Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' — read the full passage →

`And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you. — read the full passage →

`Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

`And these <FI>are<Fi> the judgments which thou dost set before them: — read the full passage →

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

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

Stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word; and concerning these things I counsel thee to affirm fully, that they may be thoughtful, to be leading in good works--who have believed God; these are the good and profitable things to men,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

and we have known that the law <FI>is<Fi> good, if any one may use it lawfully; — read the full passage →

and to be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!'

for ye are all sons of God through the faith in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

All things are lawful to me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful to me, but I--I will not be under authority by any;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God--

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb; — read the full passage →