מִשְׁפָּ֑ט בְּרֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ יַֽעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּפֹֽעֲל֖וֹ לֹֽא יִתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃ The passage admits of two additional readings, thus: _Who shall judge for a neighbour as to his slave undeservedly no wages, no gifts_; or, _Who shall have adjudged as to his neighbour that he shall slave himself, undeservedly or gratuitously, without wages or reward_. The meaning is: _Who shall corruptly judge that his neighbour shall not receive wages or compensation for the services of his slave_; or, that the neighbour himself shall so slave himself to another without wages or compensation. The word עֶבֶד _a slave_ is often used as a verb, to express such action as would be that of a slave. On page 67, Mr. Barnes says—“The word, ἀνδραποδίστης, _andrapodistĕs_, occurs once, 1 _Tim._ i. 10, with the most marked disapprobation of the thing denoted by it. ‘The law is made for murderers of fathers, murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for whoremongers, for _man-stealers_, for liars,’ &c.” The truth is, that the word δουλος, _doulos_, is the peculiar word to denote slavery, and is so used in the New Testament and everywhere else; but this word also means _slave_, &c., and is never used disconnected from the idea of slavery, but carries with it the idea of some change, as to _place_, _condition_, _possession_, or _ownership_. We shall notice how some men are striving to change the Greek, as to the meaning of the word δοῦλος, _doulos_, because, unless they do so, the New Testament is strongly against them. However, of the word used in 1 Tim. i. 10, ἀνδραποδισταῖς, _andrapodistais_, it is true, that it is used “with the most marked disapprobation of the thing denoted by it;” and it is just as true that the thing denoted by it is _the stealing and enticing away other men’s slaves_! _Slave-stealers_ is its only and legitimate meaning in the place used. Had St. Paul intended to express the idea, _men-stealers_, he would have used the word ἀνθροποκλεπταῖς, _anthropokleptais_; which would have expressed the very thing wanted by Mr. Barnes. We shall examine these words in another portion of our study. But Mr. Barnes does not appear to be aware why it was that St. Paul instructed Timothy that the law was made for _slave-stealers_: for whose benefit we will explain; and by which explanation he will learn that the abolitionists commenced their labours during the days of the apostles. From some of the relations of Christianity, not well understood by the Gentile churches, the idea was entertained by some that the operation of Christianity abolished the bonds of matrimony between a believing and an unbelieving party; that it abolished the authority of an unbelieving parent over a believing child; that it abolished slavery in case the slave was converted to the faith, and especially if the master belonged to the household of God. On these subjects and others, the Corinthian church addressed St. Paul for instruction and advice.