1Cor 7:23, 1Pe 1:18-19, 2:9, 2Pe 2:1, Rev 5:9 | ESV | STEP | You were bought with a price ; do not become bondservants of men .

1 Corinthians 7:23

23 ^aYou were bought with a price; ^bdo not become bondservants ^{▼▼Or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)} of men.

1 Peter 1:18-19

18 knowing that you ^dwere ransomed from ^ethe futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but ^fwith the precious blood of Christ, like that of ^ga lamb ^hwithout blemish or spot.

1 Peter 2:9

9 But you are ⁱa chosen race, ^ja royal ^kpriesthood, ^la holy nation, ^ma people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you ⁿout of darkness into ^ohis marvelous light.

2 Peter 2:1

False Prophets and Teachers

1 But ^pfalse prophets also arose among the people, ^qjust as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^rsecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^swho bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Revelation of John 5:9

9 And they sang ^ta new song, saying,

“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for ^uyou were slain, and by your blood ^vyou ransomed people for God
from ^wevery tribe and language and people and nation,