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Why Permit Slavery

Exegetical Approaches

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Beneficial to the Slave

The institution of slavery improves the lot of the slave so that he benefits rather than suffers from his enslavement.  The position subdivides regarding whether the benefit received is physical or spiritual in nature:

Physical Benefit

Spiritual Benefit

Concession to Human Nature

The institution of slavery is undesirable and permitted only to prevent worse evils.