Part 16 Ephesians 6:5-9 - Slaves and Masters

Though the New Testament does not explicitly order the abolishing of all slavery,because such a decree would have promoted the abandoning of children and financial debts which would have been sinful, the New Testament does confront sins commonly committed by both slaves and masters which undermined slavery causing it to collapse (i.e. Col. 3:22-4:1; I Pet. 2:18-25).