Masters, provide to your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in [the] heavens.

I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I begot in my bonds,

whom I am sending back. You then receive him, that is, my very heart;

But I wished to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good might not be by necessity, but by [being] voluntary.

no longer as a slave but more than a slave--a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonored before her.

Then Sarai said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and you.

They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, Let it be enough for you that all the congregation [is] holy, and the Lord [is] among them; and why do you set up yourselves against the congregation of the Lord?

"No one is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and he will love the other, or else he will be devoted to the one, and he will despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

and especially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are bold, self-willed, illustrious persons, they do not tremble at blaspheming,

Likewise indeed even these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme glories.

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but [rather] exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

"But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brothers.

"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.'

Because whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

where there is not Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and faithful in Christ Jesus:

Because of this I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ in Colosse: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

when we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love which is towards all the saints;

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience;

We are obligated to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, [and] rightfully so, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all increases towards one another,

hearing of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints,

For we have much thanksgiving and encouragement over your love, because the affections of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in [among] them, and became a partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,

that the Gentiles should be joint-heirs, and of the same body, and joint-partakers in His promise in Christ by the gospel,

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus Christ,

For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the assurance firm until the end,

The elders who are among you I exhort, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed;

These things command and teach.

But you speak the things which suit sound doctrine.

Speak these things, exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

Faithful is this word, and concerning these things I want you to strongly affirm, so that those who have believed in God may take thought to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.