Bible Verses about Slavery

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• It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and refuse to submit again to the yoke of slavery.
  Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
• Jesus replied,
  “Amen, amen, I say to you,
  everyone who sins
  is a slave of sin.”
  John 8:34addictionsin
• For you did not receive a spirit of slavery leading to fear; rather, you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, “Abba! Father!”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritchildren
• Remember that you were once a slave in the land of Egypt. The Lord, your God, brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the Lord, your God, has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
  Deuteronomy 5:15sabbath
• Exhort slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction in every respect. They are not to talk back to them, nor are they to steal from them. Rather, they should show themselves to be completely trustworthy so that in every way they may add luster to the doctrine of God our Savior.
  Titus 2:9-10work
• Therefore, if the Son sets you free,
  you then will truly be free.
  John 8:36Jesusredeemerfreedom
• The wealthy man lords it over the poor,
  and the borrower becomes the slave of the lender.
  Proverbs 22:7moneydebtpoverty
• However, now that you have been freed from sin and bound to the service of God, the benefit you receive is sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
  Romans 6:22freedomredeemersin
• As servants of God, behave as free people, but do not use your freedom as a means to cover up wrongdoing.
  1 Peter 2:16lifefreedomevil
• This rather is the type of fast that I wish:
  to loosen the fetters of injustice,
  to undo the thongs of the yoke,
  to set free those who are oppressed
  and to break every yoke.
  Isaiah 58:6fastingneighbor
• This must not be so with you. Instead, whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall also be united with him in his resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be destroyed and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionaddiction
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
  because he has anointed me
  to bring the good news to the poor.
  He has sent me to proclaim release to prisoners
  and recovery of sight to the blind,
  to let the oppressed go free.
  Luke 4:18Spiritevangelismfreedom
• There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free man, there is no longer male or female. For all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
  Galatians 3:28Jesuscommunityunderstanding
• Authority will be granted to the diligent,
  but the lazy will be enslaved.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardwork
• For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as free men, and we were all given the same Spirit to drink.
  1 Corinthians 12:13baptismSpiritcommunity
• Amen, amen, I say to you,
  a servant is not greater than his master,
  nor is a messenger greater
  than the one who sent him.
  John 13:16servinghumility
• Recognizing that laws are not designed for the upright. They are for the lawless and insubordinate, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and irreligious; they are for those who slay their fathers and mothers, for murderers, for those who are fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and for whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality