24 Bible Verses about Slaves

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ;

Exhort servants to be subject to their own masters, and to please them well in all things, not contradicting,

Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God, and his teaching, be not reviled.

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the servant above his master.

Verily, verily I say to you, the servant is not greater than his master, nor is he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

Remember the word which I spoke to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his teacher; and for the servant, that he be as his master. If they call the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household?

Which of you that has a servant plowing, or feeding a flock, will say to him immediately, when he comes in from the field, Go and recline at table? But will he not say to him, Make ready my supper, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk; and afterward, you shall eat and drink?

And whoever will be first among you, let him be your servant;

and whoever among you desires to be first, shall be servant of all.

But I say, that the heir, as long as he is a minor, differs in no respect from a servant, though he is owner of all;

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but with simplicity of heart, fearing God.

Masters, give to your servants what is just and equal, for you know that you have a Master in heaven.

But, then, because you knew not God, you were enslaved to those who, by nature, are not gods:

For he that is in the Lord, having been called when a servant, is the Lord's freedman. Likewise, also, the freeman who has been called, is Christ's servant.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bondman nor free man, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

in which new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all and in all.

I no longer call you servants, because the servant knows not what his master does. But I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

So, then, you are no longer a servant, but a son; and if a son, an heir also of God, through Christ.

Were you a servant when you were called? Care not for it. But if you can become free, rather enjoy your freedom.