1 Corinthians 7:23
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
Cross-reference
In 1 Corinthians 6:20, the same phrase 'bought with a price' calls believers to glorify God — repeating the ownership motif from 1 Corinthians 7:23.
Leviticus 25:42 grounds Israel's freedom from slavery in God's redemption — a pattern Paul applies to believers bought by Christ's blood.
Titus 2:14 specifies the purpose of the purchase: redemption from lawlessness and purification for good works, elaborating on the 'price' paid.
1 Peter 1:18 clarifies the 'price' as redemption from futile ways, not with perishable silver or gold.
1 Peter 1:19 identifies the 'price' explicitly as the precious blood of Christ, the spotless lamb.
Revelation 5:9 directly echoes the ransom by Christ's blood, purchasing people from every nation, expanding the scope.
Leviticus 25:55 establishes that Israelites are God's servants because He redeemed them from Egypt, prefiguring the NT 'bought with a price'.
Acts 20:28 describes the church purchased with God's own blood — echoing the 'bought with a price' redemption theme in 1 Corinthians 7:23.
1 Peter 3:18 describes Christ's suffering for sins to bring us to God, the sacrificial act that paid the price.