The first- or second-century letter from Christ-followers in Rome to the church in Corinth, conventionally called 1 Clement, provides a fascinating reference to the practice of voluntary enslavement among early Christians. In the context of an appeal for schismatics among the Corinthians to be willing to depart in order to end an ecclesiastical conflict in Corinth (54.1-4), the Roman authors of 1 Clement allude to practices of self-imprisonment and voluntary slavery among Christ-followers: ‘We know that many among us have had themselves imprisoned, so that they might ransom others. Many have sold themselves into slavery, and with the price received for themselves have fed others’ (55.2). This paper will explore the reference to voluntary slavery in 1 Clem 55.2 in light of practices of self-enslavement in the ancient world and in the context the letter’s deliberative rhetorical strategies and the appeal to the noble past of the Corinthians, including the Corinthians’ earlier commitment meeting the material needs of those within their community who suffered affliction from others (2.6-7; cf. 38.1-4).