24 Bible Verses about Slaves

Servants, be obedient to those who are your masters here below with reverence and trembling, with singleness of heart as to Christ himself;

Tell servants to be submissive to their masters and to give them satisfaction all round, not to be refractory,

Let all servants who are under the yoke of slavery remember that their masters are entitled to perfect respect ??otherwise it will be a scandal to the Name of God and to our doctrine.

A scholar is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord;

Truly, truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than he who sent him.

Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

Which of you, with a servant out ploughing or shepherding, will say to him when he comes in from the field, 'Come at once and take your place at table'? Will the man not rather say to him, 'Get some thing ready for my supper; gird yourself and wait on me till I eat and drink; then you can eat and drink yourself'?

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave;

and whoever of you wants to be first must be your slave;

What I mean is this. As long as an heir is under age, there is no difference between him and a servant, though he is lord of all the property;

Servants, obey your masters here below at every point; do not work simply when their eye is on you, like those who court human favour, but serve them with a single heart out of reverence for your Lord and Master.

Masters, treat your servants justly and fairly; remember you have a Master of your own in heaven.

In those days, when you were ignorant of God, you were in servitude to gods who are really no gods at all;

But a slave who is called to be in the Lord is a freedman of the Lord. Just as a free man who is called is a slave of Christ

There is no room for Jew or Greek, there is no room for slave or freeman, there is no room for male and female; you are all one in Christ Jesus.

In it there is no room for Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free man; Christ is everything and everywhere.

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So you are servant no longer but son, and as son you are also heir, all owing to God.

You were a slave when you were called? Never mind. Of course, if you do find it possible to get free, you had better avail yourself of the opportunity.