1 Corinthians 7:23
You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.
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- 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
- Lev 25:42 : 42 Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.
- Matt 23:8-9 : 8 But you are not to be called‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers. 9 And call no one your‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ. 11 The greatest among you will be your servant.
- Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
- Gal 2:4 : 4 Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
- Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
- 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
- 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit.
- Rev 5:9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
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- 1 Cor 7:20-223 verses84%
20Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called.
21Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity.
22For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.
- 1 Cor 6:19-202 verses81%
19Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
20For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
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24In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God.
- Rom 6:16-205 verses75%
16Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?
17But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to,
18and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.
19(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.
20For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.
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23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
- Gal 4:7-82 verses74%
7So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God.
8Heirs of Promise Are Not to Return to Law Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all.
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16Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God’s slaves.
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1Freedom of the Believer For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery.
- Eph 6:5-95 verses72%
5Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,
6not like those who do their work only when someone is watching– as people-pleasers– but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.
7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,
8because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.
9Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
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22But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.
- Col 3:22-243 verses72%
22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
23Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,
24because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
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13Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another.
- Matt 23:10-112 verses71%
10Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.
11The greatest among you will be your servant.
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42Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.
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18You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold,
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2Hebrew Servants“If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything.
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19Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.
- 1 Tim 6:1-22 verses70%
1Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited.
2But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved. Summary of Timothy’s DutiesTeach them and exhort them about these things.
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19For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.
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3For this is what the LORD says:“You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”
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28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.
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1Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.
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44“‘As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you– you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you.
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21So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,
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36So if the son sets you free, you will be really free.
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44But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it.
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39“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.
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15Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never!
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31Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman.
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6But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code.
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11Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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9Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back,
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7“If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.
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16no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.