Bible brehs : Lets talk about Ephesians 6:5

[Broke Wave]

The Bible says :

New International Version (©1984)
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.




So wouldn't being a runaway be against the teachings of the bible? Is Harriet Tubman in hell for transgressing against god?









Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

Clear this up for us

 

[semtex]

simple, fukk that cac religion

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

simple, fukk that cac religion

lol one post

 

[Broke Wave]

nikkas avoiding this thread like the plague

 

[BigE's Taper Fade]

tnis reminds me of the amount of people in the hero burger once you.let me loose.




empty



oh my

 

[The Unknown Hype]

On the surface, this certainly appears true. However, When looking at the evidence, one has to remember that the Bible was created in a time when slavery was certainly condoned. Paul’s letters mention slavery so often because Christianity appealed to slaves. Many slaves converted to the new religion of Christianity because of Christianity’s message of justice and freedom. Nonetheless, Christianity was an outlawed religion in the Roman Empire. Therefore, Paul counseled his followers, if they were slaves, to be peaceable and obedient so that further oppression would not be brought down on the heads of slaves as well as upon the members of the Church in general. The verses about obedience are not condoning slavery but are practical matters to try to prevent further suffering of Christians, whether slave or free.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

On the surface, this certainly appears true. However, When looking at the evidence, one has to remember that the Bible was created in a time when slavery was certainly condoned. Paul’s letters mention slavery so often because Christianity appealed to slaves. Many slaves converted to the new religion of Christianity because of Christianity’s message of justice and freedom. Nonetheless, Christianity was an outlawed religion in the Roman Empire. Therefore, Paul counseled his followers, if they were slaves, to be peaceable and obedient so that further oppression would not be brought down on the heads of slaves as well as upon the members of the Church in general. The verses about obedience are not condoning slavery but are practical matters to try to prevent further suffering of Christians, whether slave or free.

edit: I guess this does make some sense.

 

[SwagKingKong]

breh, it's pointless to remove these snippets of the bible and place them out of context and try to find an explination for it. It's hard enough to understand all of the bible in its context.

It's basically impossible to make an argument like you just did. A good start is to account for when it was written, for who, by who and why it was written...

 

[Metta World Movement]

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

SO SLAVERY IS OKAY IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS, BROTHER?

 

[Broke Wave]

SO SLAVERY IS OKAY IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS, BROTHER?

Paul telling the christians to fly under the radar and be good slaves... why wouldn't he give the same advice to the Black slaves in America?


Also, why are the words of Paul holy? Isn't he just another man? Why is anything he says sacred?

 

[shopthatwrecks]

breh, it's pointless to remove these snippets of the bible and place them out of context and try to find an explination for it. It's hard enough to understand all of the bible in its context.

It's basically impossible to make an argument like you just did. A good start is to account for when it was written, for who, by who and why it was written...

think about the 1600s-1890s slaves...bein brainwashed with a new religion..those slave masters prolly took every thing in the bible dealin with slavery out of context..to justify what they doin is right

gotta remember every single person on this earth was born free n taught religion


none of us knew what islam or christians or any other thing til we was taught...

 

[50CentStan]

Thank you brother, the bible was the word of god changed by (white) man. So some things in it are debatable and questionable. The Koran is the final unchanged word of god that will never change. The mention of slaves in it can be considered as POWs. Interpretation is key.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

The mention of slaves in it can be considered as POWs.

SLAVERY IS OKAY IF YOU KILL SOME PEOPLE FIRST, BROTHER?

 

[50CentStan]

SLAVERY IS OKAY IF YOU KILL SOME PEOPLE FIRST, BROTHER?

Slavery and POW are two different things hulkster, translations and interpretations kind of make them seem similar. Now if you went to war and lost, and got captured and while In jail made boots for the enemy army, you'd be a pow right? DDO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IM SAYING BROTHERRR? OHHHH YEEAAA BROTHER. Slavery because of someones caste, race, religion, etc is wrong.