(November 22, 2018 at 2:23 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:That was from the NIV (says it next to the verse name and number in my original post).(November 22, 2018 at 1:45 pm)Everena Wrote: 1 Timothy 1:8. 1:9. 1:10 New International Version (NIV)
8 We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 9 We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 11 that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
Looking for that law against slavery. What version of the bible are you reading?
Here is the same part of the verse in the KJV (King James Version) and what he is saying is that God's law is for the slave traders who are being included as those who are ungodly and sinful.
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
*Menstealers= slave dealers, slave traders