'Slave' in the Bible

"A disciple is not above his teacher, and a slave is not above his master.

It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to those of his household!"

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

and whoever wants to be first among you must be a slave to everyone,

But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival so I could celebrate with my friends.

Jesus answered them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

The slave does not remain in the household forever, but the son does remain forever.

"Joseph's brothers became jealous of him and sold Joseph as a slave in Egypt. However, God was with him

Once, as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit of fortune-telling and who had brought her owners a great deal of money by predicting the future.

For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am merely human, sold as a slave to sin.

Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that bother you. Of course, if you have a chance to become free, take advantage of the opportunity.

For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.

Because all of you are one in the Messiah Jesus, a person is no longer a Jew or a Greek, a slave or a free person, a male or a female.

Now what I am saying is this: As long as an heir is a child, he is no better off than a slave, even though he owns everything.

So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir because of what God did.

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman.

Now the slave woman's son was conceived through human means, while the free woman's son was conceived through divine promise.

But what does the Scripture say? "Drive out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must never share the inheritance with the son of the free woman."

So then, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.

because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.

In him there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, the Messiah is all and in all.

16no longer as a slave but better than a slave as a dear brother, especially to me, but even more so to you, both as a person and as a believer.

Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him.