Ephesians Part 12

Messiah in Life · Oct 8, 2026 · 1h 1m · transcript

Ephesians 6:1–9 continues Paul's household instruction from chapter five. Having addressed marriage, Paul now speaks to children and parents, followed by bondservants and masters. These instructions must be heard within the realities of the first-century household, where family relationships were embedded within a much broader structure of authority, honor, obligation, and social status.

Yet Paul does something remarkable with that structure. He does not simply reproduce the values of the surrounding Roman world. Instead, he brings every relationship under the lordship of Messiah. Give a…