Where does it say that?
Quoting Rabbi M.J. Raphall, circa 1861:
"Receiving slavery as one of the conditions of society, the New Testament nowhere interferes with or contradicts the slave code of Moses; it even preserves a letter [to Philemon] written by one of the most eminent Christian teachers [Paul] to a slave owner on sending back to him his runaway slave."
They obviously still had slaves in NT times -
Jesus uses slavery in one of his parables - so it had to be pertinent to his NT listeners.
Matthew 18:25: "But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made."
Ephesians 6:5-9: "Slaves (doulos), be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him."
Colossians 4:1: "Masters, give unto your slaves (doulos) that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven."
1 Timothy 6:1-3 "Let as many (doulos) slaves as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;"
1 Corinthians 12:13: "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be slave (doulos) or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."
Mar 14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the female slaves (paidiske, concubine?) of the high priest:
The paidiske , that is the slave woman, has no social status. She is frequently not named. Thus one named paidiske has neither voice nor agency. A paidiske constitutes the personal property of a specific person. In Genesis 20:14; 24:35, the use of paidiske indicates the acquisition of women as property. The paidiske could be a CONCUBINE, as in the case of Sarah and Hagar or Rachel and Bilhah. When Rachel failed to bear children, she gave her paidiske, Bilhah, to Jacob so that through her, she, might be a mother (Gen 30:1-8).”
(Caroline Mbonu, HHCJ, Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, is a member of the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus. She is presently a senior lecturer in the department of Religious and Cultural Studies at University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.)
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