Ephesians 6:5-9
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Slaves and Masters. 5 Slaves, be obedient to your human masters with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ,(A) 6 not only when being watched, as currying favor, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,(B) 7 willingly serving the Lord and not human beings, 8 knowing that each will be requited from the Lord for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free. 9 Masters, act in the same way toward them, and stop bullying, knowing that both they and you have a Master in heaven and that with him there is no partiality.(C)
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Colossians 3:11
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11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,[a] slave, free; but Christ is all and in all.(A)
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- 3:11 Scythian: a barbarous people from north of the Black Sea.
Philemon 16
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16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man[a] and in the Lord.(A)
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- 16 As a man: literally, “in the flesh.” With this and the following phrase, Paul describes the natural and spiritual orders.
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