'Slave' in the Bible

For I myself am also under authority, and have soldiers under me. To one I say 'Go,' and he goes, to another 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this or that,' and he does it."

For I too am a man obedient to authority, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this or that,' and he does it."

"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that every one who commits sin is the slave of sin.

Now a slave does not remain permanently in his master's house, but a son does.

One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes.

For we know that the Law is a spiritual thing; but I am unspiritual--the slave, bought and sold, of sin.

Everything is allowable to me, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable to me, but to nothing will I become a slave.

If, however, the unbeliever is determined to leave, let him or her do so. Under such circumstances the Christian man or woman is no slave; God has called us to live lives of peace.

Were you a slave when God called you? Let not that weigh on your mind. And yet if you can get your freedom, take advantage of the opportunity.

For a Christian, if he was a slave when called, is the Lord's freed man, and in the same way a free man, if called, becomes the slave of Christ.

Though free from all human control, I have made myself the slave of all in the hope of winning as many converts as possible.

In Him the distinctions between Jew and Gentile, slave and free man, male and female, disappear; you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Now I say that so long as an heir is a child, he in no respect differs from a slave, although he is the owner of everything,

Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir also through God's own act.

You well know that whatever right thing any one does, he will receive a requital for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free man.

In that new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free man, but Christ is everything and is in all of us.

no longer as a slave, but as something better than a slave--a brother peculiarly dear to me, and even dearer to you, both as a servant and as a fellow Christian.

And they promise them freedom, although they are themselves the slaves of what is corrupt. For a man is the slave of any one by whom he has been worsted in fight.