Slavery in Scripture is never treated lightly. It’s the very image God uses for Israel’s condition in Egypt, and the deliverance He worked is the pattern for redemption itself.
But the Bible also warns of a subtler bondage. “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender” (Prov 22:7). No chains, no auction block, just a system where debt and a currency that loses value by design keep men working for masters they never see.
We were bought with a price (1 Cor 6:20). That’s true spiritually first. But it should shape how we think about money, debt, and what freedom actually costs.
But the Bible also warns of a subtler bondage. “The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender” (Prov 22:7). No chains, no auction block, just a system where debt and a currency that loses value by design keep men working for masters they never see.
We were bought with a price (1 Cor 6:20). That’s true spiritually first. But it should shape how we think about money, debt, and what freedom actually costs.