Remember what ¹  I told you, ‘A slave ²  is not greater than his master.’ ³  If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed ⁴  my word, they will obey ⁵  yours too.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves ¹  or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.

Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, ¹  or of God? Or am I trying to please people? ²  If I were still trying to please ³  people, ⁴  I would not be a slave ⁵  of Christ!

From Simeon ¹  Peter, ²  a slave ³  and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God ⁴  and Savior, ⁵  Jesus Christ, have been granted ⁶  a faith just as precious ⁷  as ours.

Abram added, ¹  “Since ²  you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!” ³ 

But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. ¹  Afterward they will come out with many possessions.

On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

but the seventh day is the Sabbath ¹  of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, ²  so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. ¹  Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of ²  the work crews. ³ 

Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

The Lord rescues his servants; ¹  all who take shelter in him escape punishment. ² 

Moab is my washbasin. ¹  I will make Edom serve me. ²  I will shout in triumph over Philistia.” ³ 

A servant ¹  cannot be corrected ²  by words, for although ³  he understands, there is no answer. ⁴ 

Do not slander ¹  a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty. ² 

So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress! ¹ 

Now ¹  while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest’s slave girls ²  came by.

When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, “This man is one of them.”

Then another ¹  slave ²  came and said, ‘Sir, here is ³  your mina that I put away for safekeeping ⁴  in a piece of cloth. ⁵ 

who is coming after me. I am not worthy ¹  to untie the strap ²  of his sandal!”

When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered. ¹