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Scripture says to NOT be a slave
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Read again!
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I did
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Jesus said that we are no longer slaves, but friends.
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Paul sent a slave back to his master with a letter telling owner to consider him his brother in Christ. He didn’t tell him to free the slave.
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Rom 6:18 “Being G1659 then G1161 made free G1659 from G575 sin G266, ye became the servants G1402 of righteousness G1343. xref-3 [xref-1]”
1 Per 2:16 “As G5613 free G1658, and G2532 not G3361 using G2192 your liberty G1657 for G5613 a cloke G1942 of maliciousness G2549, but G235 as G5613 the servants G1401 of God G2316. note xref-3 [xref-1]”
G1402
Original: δουλόωTransliteration: douloō
Phonetic: doo-lo’-o
Thayer Definition:
to make a slave of, reduce to bondage
metaphorically give myself wholly to one’s needs and service, make myself a bondman to him
Origin: from G1401TDNT entry: 06:39,2
Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
Strong’s Definition: From G1401; to enslave (literally or figuratively): – bring into (be under) bondage, X given, become (make) servant.
G1401
Original: δοῦλοςTransliteration: doulos
Phonetic: doo’-los
Thayer Definition:
a slave, bondman, man of servile condition
a slave
metaphorically, one who gives himself up to another’s will those whose service is used by Christ in extending and advancing his cause among men
devoted to another to the disregard of one’s own interests
a servant, attendant
Origin: from G1210TDNT entry: 06:21,2
Part(s) of speech: Noun
Strong’s Definition: From G1210; a slave (literally or figuratively, involuntarily or voluntarily; frequently therefore in a qualified sense of subjection or subserviency): – bond (-man), servant.
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We are bond servants of Christ
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You need to read the Bible a little closer
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Nah. Slavery and submission is kind of a thing in the bible.
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Wrong. Doulos means slave. We are slaves of Christ. We have been bought, not hired.
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Huh?
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