Lexicon :: Strong's G1401 - doulos

“Which one of you having a servant tending sheep or plowing will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

“He called ten of his servants, gave them ten minas,[fn] and told them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’

“At harvest time he sent a servant to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

Then one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.

While he was still going down, his servants met him saying that his boy was alive.

Jesus responded, “Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

“Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master,[fn] and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him.

“I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master[fn] is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.)

“I will even pour out my Spirit

on my servants in those days, both men and women

and they will prophesy.

“And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness,

As she followed Paul and us she cried out, “These men, who are proclaiming to you[fn] a way of salvation, are the servants of the Most High God.”

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle[fn] and set apart for the gospel of God ​— ​

Don’t you know that if you offer yourselves to someone[fn] as obedient slaves, you are slaves of that one you obey ​— ​either of sin leading to death or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Were you called while a slave? Don’t let it concern you. But if you can become free, by all means take the opportunity.[fn]

For we were all baptized by[fn] one Spirit into one body ​— ​whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free ​— ​and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

For we are not proclaiming ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’s sake.

For am I now trying to persuade people,[fn] or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.

Slaves, obey your human[fn] masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ.

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus:

To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons.

Instead he emptied himself

by assuming the form of a servant,

taking on the likeness of humanity.

And when he had come as a man,

In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.

Masters, deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.

All who are under the yoke as slaves should regard their own masters[fn] as worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and his teaching will not be blasphemed.

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but must be gentle to everyone, able to teach,[fn] and patient,

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for[fn] the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads[fn] to godliness,

Slaves are to submit to their masters in everything, and to be well-pleasing, not talking back

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave ​— ​as a dearly loved brother. He is especially so to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.