1 Corinthians 7:23
It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.
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- 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
- Lev 25:42 : 42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.
- Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ. 11 But let the greatest among you be your servant.
- Acts 20:28 : 28 Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.
- Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
- Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
- 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction, 19 But through holy blood, like that of a clean and unmarked lamb, even the blood of Christ:
- 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ once went through pain for sins, the upright one taking the place of sinners, so that through him we might come back to God; being put to death in the flesh, but given life in the Spirit;
- Rev 5:9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,
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- 1 Cor 7:20-223 verses84%
20 Let every man keep the position in which he has been placed by God.
21 If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.
22 For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.
- 1 Cor 6:19-202 verses81%
19 Or are you not conscious that your body is a house for the Holy Spirit which is in you, and which has been given to you by God? and you are not the owners of yourselves;
20 For a payment has been made for you: let God be honoured in your body.
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24 My brothers, let every man keep in that condition which is the purpose of God for him.
- Rom 6:16-205 verses75%
16 Are you not conscious that you are the servants of him to whom you give yourselves to do his desire? if to sin, the end being death, or if to do the desire of God, the end being righteousness.
17 But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
18 And being made free from sin you have been made the servants of righteousness.
19 I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.
20 When you were servants of sin you were free from righteousness.
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23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
- Gal 4:7-82 verses74%
7 So that you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, then the heritage of God is yours.
8 But at that time, having no knowledge of God, you were servants to those who by right are no gods:
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16 As those who are free, not using your free position as a cover for wrongdoing, but living as the servants of God;
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1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
- Eph 6:5-95 verses72%
5 Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;
6 Not only under your master's eye, as pleasers of men; but as servants of Christ, doing the pleasure of God from the heart;
7 Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:
8 In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.
9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.
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22 But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
- Col 3:22-243 verses72%
22 Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
23 Whatever you do, do it readily, as to the Lord and not to men;
24 Being certain that the Lord will give you the reward of the heritage: for you are the servants of the Lord Christ.
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13 Because you, brothers, were marked out to be free; only do not make use of your free condition to give the flesh its chance, but through love be servants one to another.
- Matt 23:10-112 verses71%
10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
11 But let the greatest among you be your servant.
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42 For they are my servants whom I took out from the land of Egypt; they may not become the property of another.
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18 Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,
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2 If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.
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19 Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.
- 1 Tim 6:1-22 verses70%
1 Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.
2 And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.
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19 For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.
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3 For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.
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28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
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1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
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44 But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.
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21 So let no one take pride in men. For all things are yours;
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36 If then the son makes you free, you will be truly free.
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44 But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.
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39 And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
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15 Do you not see that your bodies are part of the body of Christ? how then may I take what is a part of the body of Christ and make it a part of the body of a loose woman? such a thing may not be.
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31 So, brothers, we are not children of the servant-woman, but of the free woman.
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6 But now we are free from the law, having been made dead to that which had power over us; so that we are servants in the new way of the spirit, not in the old way of the letter.
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11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
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9 Servants are to be under the authority of their masters, pleasing them in all things, without argument;
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7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.
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16 No longer as a servant, but more than a servant, a brother, very dear to me specially, but much more to you, in the flesh as well as in the Lord.