The word for manslayer (androphonos) is used once in the New Testament. That place is 1 Tim. 1:9, where the apostle Paul is describing one of the uses of the law. In this sense, the law is not for a righteous man, but rather to restrain the lawless and disobedient. Among a list of other sins, such as whoring, and homosexuality, and kidnapping, we also find the rejection of manslaughter. Given that the law in this sense is given by God to be applied precisely to those who reject its authority, this is not a consensus or “social contract” application of the law.
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