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Yeah, I agree. The context is important. In the case of what we find in 1 Corinthians 7:20-24, it seems Paul suggests that Roman slavery should be avoided if possible, and we have to wonder why he says this if he actually thinks Roman slavery is 'ok.'
Oh that's kind of easy.
1) It is product of the Fallen World
2) It fits in with other things that were sort of just tolerated there are some parallels to things like people having multiple wives. That sort of thing was allowed in the Bible because of the near east culture etc. but was also shown to be problematic as far as jealousy etc. and so was not recommended to be the norm for church leaders, but it didn't take long for realize what was good for church leaders was also good for church members, and that especially was true when the Church gentile population became the majority or the norm, but even in Judaism I seem to recall it was only the rich Jews who could afford to have multiple wives and all the extra kids that would come with that and even their that practices would mostly die out except in Islamic regions like Spain, Mesopotamia etc.
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