Joh 15:15 | HCSB | STEP | I do not call you slaves anymore , because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing . I have called you friends , because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father .

John 15:15

15 I do not call you ^{▼▼slave: The strong Greek word doulos cannot be accurately translated in English by "servant" or "bond servant"; the HCSB translates this word as "slave," not out of insensitivity to the legitimate concerns of modern English speakers, but out of a commitment to accurately convey the brutal reality of the Roman empire's inhumane institution as well as the ownership called for by Christ.}slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master ^{▼▼Or lord
,} ^c is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.