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Ephesians 6:9: And masters, treat your<br />
slaves in the same way. Do not threaten<br />
them, since you know that he who is both<br />
their Master and yours is in heaven, and<br />
there is no favoritism with him.<br />
The verses about obedience are not<br />
condoning slavery but are sound instruction<br />
given to try to prevent further suffering of<br />
Christians, whether slave or free. The most<br />
compelling argument AGAINST slavery in<br />
the New Testament is Paul’s letter to<br />
Philemon, in which Paul asks a Christian to<br />
free his Christian slave.<br />
My personal example of explaining the<br />
verse of obeying your master: For example,<br />
if one of my love-ones was incarcerated. I<br />
would tell them to obey the rules of the<br />
prison. Whatever the guards, warden or
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