5 And ye have wondered concerning what the word slavery is as pertaining to My gospel and how it can be correctly understood.

6 Behold I your Savior do say unto you that some are born unto this earth as slaves, and if they are not brought up in this manner and are given their freedom arbitrarily, behold many will grossly abuse it, and will not know how to govern themselves, and become willful and destructive and abuse all privileges given to them.

7 For freedom must be earned by each individual, and if this is not done, then the great rewards of freedom are then abused and go unappreciated.

8 For many men and women enter into the work force of the Babylonian system and enslave themselves by binding themselves by contract to work for others, and thus they have enslaved themselves to some degree; being free only at certain times and bounds.

9 And others enslave themselves more completely by accepting welfare from the Babylonian governments to help support themselves and their families.

10 Behold, these are slaves indeed, for they need to answer every whit to others, and to those to whom they are indebted to for their support.

11 And others enslave themselves by debt, and the accumulation of debt, and these then become slaves of the financial institutions and the creditors that they owe these monies to.

12 And men become slaves to their wives, being burdened down by many demands and covenants.

13 For all these and other forms of slavery do exist.

14 And in all, most men are burdened down by one form of slavery or another under the Babylonian system.