You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness.p>

<p class="bodytext">While he was on his way down,<n id="1" /> his slaves<n id="2" /> met him and told him that his son was going to live.

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching<n id="1" /> &#8211; as people-pleasers &#8211; but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.<n id="2" />

Live<n id="1" /> as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God&#8217;s slaves.<n id="2" />

Although these false teachers promise<n id="1" /> such people<n id="2" /> freedom, they themselves are enslaved to<n id="3" /> immorality.<n id="4" /> For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.<n id="5" />

So the slaves<n id="1" /> of the owner came and said to him, &#8216;Sir, didn&#8217;t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?&#8217;

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, &#8216;We are slaves undeserving of special praise;<n id="1" /> we have only done what was our duty.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Do you not know that if you present yourselves<n id="1" /> as obedient slaves,<n id="2" /> you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness?<n id="3" />

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed<n id="1" /> from the heart that pattern<n id="2" /> of teaching you were entrusted to,

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves<n id="1" /> or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

<p class="bodytext">Slaves,<n id="1" /> obey your human masters<n id="2" /> with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ,

<t /><p class="bodytext">From Paul<n id="1" /> and Timothy, slaves<n id="2" /> of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi,<n id="3" /> with the overseers<n id="4" /> and deacons.

Slaves,<n id="1" /> obey your earthly<n id="2" /> masters in every respect, not only when they are watching &#8211; like those who are strictly people-pleasers &#8211; but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

<p class="bodytext">Those who are under the yoke as slaves<n id="1" /> must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent<n id="2" /> the name of God and Christian teaching<n id="3" /> from being discredited.<n id="4" />

And there will no longer be any curse,<n id="1" /> and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city.<n id="2" /> His<n id="3" /> servants<n id="4" /> will worship<n id="5" /> him,

Blessed are those slaves<n id="1" /> whom their master finds alert<n id="2" /> when he returns! I tell you the truth,<n id="3" /> he will dress himself to serve,<n id="4" /> have them take their place at the table,<n id="5" /> and will come<n id="6" /> and wait on them!<n id="7" />

(Now the slaves<n id="1" /> and the guards<n id="2" /> were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold.<n id="3" /> Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)<n id="4" />p>

She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out,<n id="1" /> &#8220;These men are servants<n id="2" /> of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way<n id="3" /> of salvation.&#8221;<n id="4" />