Grant Slaves Equality: Re-Examining the Translation of Colossians 4:1

This essay offers a fresh challenge to the widely accepted translation of Colossians 4:1. Though ἰσότης normally means ‘equality’, most scholars insist that in Colossians 4:1 the term must instead mean ‘fairness’, for the author evidently assumes the continuation of slavery in the Christian communit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray Vasser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tyndale House, Cambridge 2017-05-01
Series:Tyndale Bulletin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.53751/001c.29426