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==Overview==
==Overview==
The Essenes rejected slavery: "There is not a single slave among them, but they are all free, serving one another; they condemn masters, not only as representing a principle of unrighteousness in opposition to that of equality, but as personifications of wickedness in that they violate the law of nature which made us all brethren, created alike."
Like the Essenes, the first Christians looked at slavery as an evil institution.
Yet, there were a different attitude. James was very vocal against social injustice:
James 1:9-10: "9 Let the believer who is lowly boast in being raised up, 10 and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away."
James 2 -- "5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?".
(James 5) Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. 2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. 4 Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
Paul has some very radical phrases: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus",suggesting that Christians take off these titles because they are now clothed in Christ. in [[1 Corinthians]] (7:21) Slaves were told by Paul that they were to seek or purchase their freedom whenever possible.
Yet Paul returned the fugitive slave [[Onesimus]] to his Christian Master [[Philemon]].


==In Depth==
==In Depth==

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Slavery

Overview

The Essenes rejected slavery: "There is not a single slave among them, but they are all free, serving one another; they condemn masters, not only as representing a principle of unrighteousness in opposition to that of equality, but as personifications of wickedness in that they violate the law of nature which made us all brethren, created alike."

Like the Essenes, the first Christians looked at slavery as an evil institution.

Yet, there were a different attitude. James was very vocal against social injustice:

James 1:9-10: "9 Let the believer who is lowly boast in being raised up, 10 and the rich in being brought low, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away."

James 2 -- "5 Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court?".

(James 5) Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you. 2 Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you, and it will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure for the last days. 4 Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. 5 You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.

Paul has some very radical phrases: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus",suggesting that Christians take off these titles because they are now clothed in Christ. in 1 Corinthians (7:21) Slaves were told by Paul that they were to seek or purchase their freedom whenever possible.

Yet Paul returned the fugitive slave Onesimus to his Christian Master Philemon.

In Depth

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