30 Bible Verses about slavery

Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

Know ye not that to whom ye present yourselves as slaves for obedience, his slaves ye are whom ye obey, whether of sin unto death, or obedience unto righteousness?

So that you are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, also an heir through God.

For, when ye were slaves of sin, ye were free as to righteousness.

For he that was called in the Lord, being a slave, is the Lord's freedman: likewise, he that was called, being free, is Christ's slave.

There exists neither Jew nor Greek, there exists neither bond nor free, there exists neither male nor female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse.

and, having been made free from sin, ye were made slaves of righteousness.

And God spake thus; that his seed would be a sojourner in a foreign land; and they would bring it into servitude, and ill-use it four hundred years.

For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba, Father."

But I say that, so long as the heir is a child, he differs in nothing from a slave, though he is lord of all;

Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave of sin.

Were you called, being a slave? care not for it; but, even if you can become free, use it rather.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elements of the world.

And the slave abides not in the house forever; the son abides forever.

And, masters, do the same thing to them, forbearing the threat; knowing that both their Master and yours is in Heaven, and there is no respect of persons with Him.

knowing that whatsoever good thing each one does, this shall he receive from the Lord, whether bond or free.

and might release all those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

For freedom did Christ make us free; stand fast, therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.

But the one by the bond-woman has been born after the flesh; and the one by the free-woman, through promise.

promising them liberty, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what one is overcome by this he has become enslaved.

(for the word Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia), and corresponds to the present Jerusalem; for she is in bondage with her children.

as free, and not holding your freedom as a cloak for wickedness, but as servants of God.

Masters, render justice and equity to your servants, knowing that ye also have a Master in Heaven.

Does he thank the servant, because he did the things that were commanded?

But I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage; lest, by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should be rejected.