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Is the Bible Pro-Slavery?

Popular apologetics article answering the objection that the Bible endorses slavery.

Author: Jonathan Noyes
Publisher: Stand to Reason
Tradition: Christian apologetics
Accessed: 2026-06-16

Citation

Jonathan Noyes, “Is the Bible Pro-Slavery?” Stand to Reason, July 3, 2024, accessed June 16, 2026.

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The Bible condones slaveryThe Bible regulates ancient slavery rather than banning it, but it outlaws kidnapping people to sell them and grounds human worth in a way abolitionists drew on.