Bible Verses about Slavery

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• So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
  Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
• Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.”
  John 8:34addictionsin
• So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritchildren
• Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt, but the Lord your God brought you out with his strong hand and powerful arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to rest on the Sabbath day.
  Deuteronomy 5:15sabbath
• Slaves must always obey their masters and do their best to please them. They must not talk back or steal, but must show themselves to be entirely trustworthy and good. Then they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.
  Titus 2:9-10work
• So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.
  John 8:36Jesusredeemerfreedom
• Just as the rich rule the poor,
  so the borrower is servant to the lender.
  Proverbs 22:7moneydebtpoverty
• But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
  Romans 6:22freedomredeemersin
• For you are free, yet you are God’s slaves, so don’t use your freedom as an excuse to do evil.
  1 Peter 2:16lifefreedomevil
• No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
  Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
  lighten the burden of those who work for you.
  Let the oppressed go free,
  and remove the chains that bind people.
  Isaiah 58:6fastingneighbor
• But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must become your slave.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionaddiction
• The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
  for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
  He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
  that the blind will see,
  that the oppressed will be set free.
  Luke 4:18Spiritevangelismfreedom
• There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  Galatians 3:28Jesuscommunityunderstanding
• Work hard and become a leader;
  be lazy and become a slave.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardwork
• Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
  1 Corinthians 12:13baptismSpiritcommunity
• I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message.
  John 13:16servinghumility
• For the law was not intended for people who do what is right. It is for people who are lawless and rebellious, who are ungodly and sinful, who consider nothing sacred and defile what is holy, who kill their father or mother or commit other murders. The law is for people who are sexually immoral, or who practice homosexuality, or are slave traders, liars, promise breakers, or who do anything else that contradicts the wholesome teaching that comes from the glorious Good News entrusted to me by our blessed God.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality