^23–24All of you, slave and free both, were once held hostage in a sinful society. Then a huge sum was paid out for your ransom. So please don’t, out of old habit, slip back into being or doing what everyone else tells you.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

You were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of people.

NLTNew Living Translation

God paid a high price for you, so don’t be enslaved by the world.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.

KJV 1900King James Version

Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

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