Bible Verses about Slavery

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• Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
  Galatians 5:1Jesusliferedeemer
• Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.”
  John 8:34addictionsin
• 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!”
  Romans 8:15fearSpiritchildren
• You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
  Deuteronomy 5:15sabbath
• Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting, not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
  Titus 2:9-10work
• If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
  John 8:36Jesusredeemerfreedom
• The rich rule over the poor.
  The borrower is servant to the lender.
  Proverbs 22:7moneydebtpoverty
• But now, being made free from sin and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification and the result of eternal life.
  Romans 6:22freedomredeemersin
• Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen:
  to release the bonds of wickedness,
  to undo the straps of the yoke,
  to let the oppressed go free,
  and that you break every yoke?
  Isaiah 58:6fastingneighbor
• Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
  1 Peter 2:16lifefreedomevil
• It shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant.
  Matthew 20:26-27humilityservingneighbor
• For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection; knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be in bondage to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionaddiction
• 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.
  Luke 4:18Spiritevangelismfreedom
• 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.
  Galatians 3:28Jesuscommunityunderstanding
• The hands of the diligent ones shall rule,
  but laziness ends in slave labor.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardwork
• 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.
  1 Corinthians 12:13baptismSpiritcommunity
• Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
  John 13:16servinghumility
• As knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
  1 Timothy 1:9-11lawsinsexuality