slavery

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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,

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.

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

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

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!