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==Slavery in the Bible ==

==Slavery in the Bible ==

Slavery is also referenced, controlled and regulated in the Bible. There are many instances, just one in the Gospel of Matthew states that "But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made".<ref>Matthew 18:25</ref> It is not clear why these parts of the Bible are not supported by those who profess every line of it to be the Word of God.

Slavery is also referenced, controlled and regulated in the Bible. There are many instances:

 

* "And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice (slavery) unto this day. But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen." -- I Kings 9:20-22

 

* "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant (slave)? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." -- I Corintians 7:20-21

 

* "Let as many servants (slaves) as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort." -- I Timothy 6:1-2

 

 

It is not clear why these parts of the Bible are not supported by those who profess every line of it to be the Word of God.

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