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

no longer as a slave, ¹  but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking ²  and in the Lord.

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

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave ¹  greater than his master.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave ¹  –

Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way.

The ¹  rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.

and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave ¹  of all.

So ¹  he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

“Now, according to your word, ¹  Sovereign Lord, ²  permit ³  your servant ⁴  to depart ⁵  in peace.

So ¹  when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave ²  well.

He won’t thank the slave because he did what he was told, ¹  will he? ² 

From Paul, ¹  a slave ²  of Christ Jesus, ³  called to be an apostle, ⁴  set apart for the gospel of God. ⁵ 

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

So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are ¹  a son, then you are also an heir through God. ² 

And the Lord’s slave ¹  must not engage in heated disputes ²  but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

Slaves ¹  are to be subject to their own masters in everything, ²  to do what is wanted and not talk back,

I no longer call you slaves, ¹  because the slave does not understand ²  what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything ³  I heard ⁴  from my Father.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest’s slave, ¹  cutting off his right ear. ²  (Now the slave’s name was Malchus.) ³