I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
“I am the first and I am the last;
besides me there is no god.”
God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘I am has sent me to you.’”
I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,
foras even some of your own poets have said,
“‘For we are indeed his offspring.”’
And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you.Rom. 3:29
Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also….
that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold….Lev. 18:30
So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.Lev. 19:37
And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord.
Question 101, Westminster Larger Catechism
1thraldom
n : the state of being under the control of another person [syn: bondage, slavery, thrall, thralldom] (Source: WordNet (r) 1.7)