6:6 “not according to eye service as people-pleasers.” Paul has explained that slaves are to obey their earthly masters as they do their heavenly master and now he specifies the […]
The third type of relationship within the household code is concerned with slaves and masters, again keeping in mind the broader context of these verses–that believers are to walk in […]
And the fathers, do not make your children angry. As is his pattern, Paul has first addressed the ones under authority, namely, children. He now addresses the ones who have […]
6:1-2 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it […]