racism and slavery
What does the Bible say about racism and slavery? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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28There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.
11where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.
15So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity, 16no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord!
9And you, lords, act similarly toward them, setting aside threats, knowing that the Lord of both you and them is in heaven. For with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.
9After these things, I saw a great crowd, which no one could number, from all the nations and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and in sight of the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.
26And he has made, out of one, every family of man: to live upon the face of the entire earth, determining the appointed seasons and the limits of their habitation,
17For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe. 18He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing. 19Therefore, you also should love sojourners, for you also were new arrivals in the land of Egypt.
10for fornicators, for males who sleep with males, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,
34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
21You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.
16Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.
44Let your male and female servants be from the nations which are all around you, 45and from the newcomers who sojourn with you, or who have been born from them in your land. These you shall have as servants, 46and, by the right of inheritance, you shall transmit them to your posterity, and you shall possess them forever. But do not oppress your brothers, the sons of Israel, by power.
33If a newcomer lives in your land and abides among you, do not reproach him, 34but let him be among you like one native born. And you shall love him as yourselves. For you were also newcomers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
15You shall not deliver a servant who has fled to you to his master. 16He shall live with you in a place that pleases him, and he shall rest in one of your cities. You shall not grieve him.
1You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven.