Bible Verses about Slavery

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• It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.
  Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
• Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.”
  John 8:34addictionsin
• For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritchildren
• Urge slaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be pleasing, not argumentative, not stealing, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect.
  Titus 2:9-10work
• And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to celebrate the Sabbath day.
  Deuteronomy 5:15sabbath
• So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.
  John 8:36Jesusredeemerfreedom
• The rich rules over the poor,
  And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
  Proverbs 22:7moneydebtpoverty
• But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.
  Romans 6:22freedomredeemersin
• Is this not the fast that I choose:
  To release the bonds of wickedness,
  To undo the ropes of the yoke,
  And to let the oppressed go free,
  And break every yoke?
  Isaiah 58:6fastingneighbor
• Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God.
  1 Peter 2:16lifefreedomevil
• It is not this way among you, but whoever wants to become prominent among you shall be your servant, and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionaddiction
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
  Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.
  He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives,
  And recovery of sight to the blind,
  To set free those who are oppressed.
  Luke 4:18Spiritevangelismfreedom
• There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  Galatians 3:28Jesuscommunityunderstanding
• The hand of the diligent will rule,
  But the lazy hand will be put to forced labor.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardwork
• For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
  1 Corinthians 12:13baptismSpiritcommunity
• Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
  John 13:16servinghumility
• Realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and worldly, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality