The Bible Against Slavery?

Scripture-ish · Mar 12, 2026 · 30m

I am no expert on slavery. I am not an ethicist. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent person with an interest in how Christians should think through particular issues. Here I am not trying to talk Christians out of enslaving others; I don’t reckon there’s much danger there—not now, thank God. But from a biblical perspective, slavery is a potentially tricky issue, and there have been many arguments made favoring slavery—or, at least, anti-anti-slavery—based on the Bible. Giving consideration to slavery might provide some guidance to other issues, but, here, I am not talking about those…