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¹Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

¹You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven.

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.

¹⁶Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.

⁵Servants, be obedient to your lords according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to Christ.

⁹Exhort servants to be submissive to their masters, in all things pleasing, not contradicting, ¹⁰not cheating, but in all things showing good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

¹⁸Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and meek, but also to the unruly.

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.

¹“These are the judgments which you shall place before them: ²If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge. ³With whatever clothing he arrived, with the like let him depart. If he has a wife, his wife also shall depart, at the same time. ⁴But if his lord gave him a wife, and she has borne sons and daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her lord. Yet still, he himself will go out with his clothing. ⁵And if the servant will say, ‘I love my lord, and my wife and children, I will not depart freely,’ ⁶then his lord shall make an offering for him to the heavens, and it shall be applied to the door and the posts, and he will pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall be his servant in perpetuity.

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!

¹⁶in an open manner, and not as if cloaking malice with liberty, but like servants of God.

²⁰Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime. ²¹But if he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it is his money.

²¹Are you a servant who has been called? Do not be concerned about it. But if you ever have the ability to be free, make use of it.

²²Servants, obey, in all things, your lords according to the flesh, not serving only when seen, as if to please men, but serving in simplicity of heart, fearing God.

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.

²If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you; in the seventh, he shall depart freely, without charge.

¹⁸“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart,

²⁶If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out. ²⁷Likewise, if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female servant, he shall similarly release them freely.

¹⁵And you have not received, again, a spirit of servitude in fear, but you have received the Spirit of the adoption of sons, in whom we cry out: “Abba, Father!”

²⁴No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.