Sentences with phrase «slaves to obey»

Letters attributed to him go so far as to command slaves to obey their masters and women to obey their husbands as if they were obeying Christ.

jesus tells slaves to obey their masters if they want any chance of getting into heaven.

This is the fourth post in a weeklong series entitled «Submit One To Another: Christ and the Household Codes,» which will focus on those frequently - cited passages of Scripture that instruct wives to submit to their husbands, slaves to obey their masters, children to obey their parents, and Christians to submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21 - 6:9, Colossians 3:12 - 4:6; 1 Peter 2:11 - 3:22).

Passages about women submitting to male leadership are sandwiched between passages instructing slaves to obey their masters.

Even in the famous «household codes» of the epistles, instructions for women to submit to their husbands are either preceded or followed by instructions for slaves to obey their masters.

jesus told slaves to obey their masters if they want any chance of getting into heaven.

This is the third post in a weeklong series entitled «Submit One To Another: Christ and the Household Codes,» which will focus on those frequently - cited passages of Scripture that instruct wives to submit to their husbands, slaves to obey their masters, children to obey their parents, and Christians to submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21 - 6:9, Colossians 3:12 - 4:6; 1 Peter 2:11 - 3:22).

In nearly every case, the New Testament admonition for wives to submit to their husbands is either preceded or followed by the admonition for slaves to obey their masters.

16 Do YOU not know that if YOU keep presenting yourselves to anyone as slaves to obey him, YOU are slaves of him because YOU obey him, either of sin with death in view or of obedience with righteousness in view?

Just like Paul asking slaves to obey their master, is it really ok to have slaves nowadays?

3:6 - 12) and the injunction to slaves to obey their masters with due docility (Col. 3:22; Eph.

If you don't think it's ok for slaves to obey their masters and wives to be subservient to husbands, then why do you make exceptions for other things?

But relying on the letters of Peter and Paul is problematic because in nearly every case, the admonition for wives to submit to their husbands is either preceded or followed by the admonition for slaves to obey their masters.

But God clearly condoned it and expected it, and Jesus and St. Paul urged slaves to obey their masters.

This is the second post in a weeklong series entitled «Submit One To Another: Christ and the Household Codes,» which will focus on those frequently - cited passages of Scripture that instruct wives to submit to their husbands, slaves to obey their masters, children to obey their parents, and Christians to submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21 - 6:9, Colossians 3:12 - 4:6; 1 Peter 2:11 - 3:22).

Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?»

All three of the biblical passages that instruct wives to submit to their husbands are either directly preceded or followed by instructions for slaves to obey their masters, with phrases like «likewise» and «in the same way» connecting them.

The slavers had quotations from the Bible that directly supported slavery — like the passage that describes how much you can beat your slave, and Jesus» own admonition for slaves to obey their masters.

Peter lived in a time when Rome was in power, and to tell Christian slaves to obey their masters had absolutely nothing to do with him thinking it natural.

Not exact matches

Weymouth New Testament Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ.

Tom, Tom, the Other One «Perhaps it is right and good for this God to make unrighteous, morally weak, ignorant unbelievers slaves under the control of the people who do believe and obey its Word.

Perhaps it is right and good for this God to make unrighteous, morally weak, ignorant unbelievers slaves under the control of the people who do believe and obey its Word.

Ephesians 6:5 - 9 (NRSV) Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ; not only while being watched, and in order to please them, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

Colossians 3:22 - 25 (NRSV) Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only while being watched and in order to please them, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

They asked who could question the Word of God when it said, «slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling» (Ephesians 6:5), or «tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect» (Titus 2:9).

You are a slave of the one you obey (v. 16) so if you begin to obey sin again, you become it's slave again and that leads to death.

The lowest person is the slave who has to obey another's orders.

Surely it is with this understanding of Jesus» call that we are to read such difficult biblical passages as Colossians 3:22, which bids slaves be obedient to their masters, as though they were obeying Christ himself.

Why is «wives submit to your husbands» considered by many Christian to be a timeless divine mandate, when in every New Testament occurrence, that phrase is either preceded or followed by instructions that «slaves obey your masters,» at least once with the phrase «in the same way» between them?!

Yes, this verse used to be used as a way to trick African - American slaves in the South into thinking God wanted them to obey him.

Romans 6 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.

If a negro slave is appointed to rule over you, hear him, and obey him, though his head should be like a dried grape.

Of the place where he says slaves are equal, then tells them to obey even harsh masters.

In other cases the NRSV translators have hit on brilliant phrasing: «super-apostles» (for «superlative apostles» — II Cor: 11:5); or «to be our way of life» (for «that we should walk in them» — Eph 2:10) Advice for slaves has been clarified, now that there is fortunately no need for such advice: obey your earthly master «not only while being watched» (RSV: «not in the way of eye - service» — Eph 6:6) But the prize for straight talk goes to Galatians 5:12: «I wish those who unsettle you [with the demand that they be circumcised] would castrate themselves» (RSV: «mutilate»)

Because it is in the Bible and I believe that the Bible is the infallible word of God, so since the Bible says its ok and talks about how slaves need to obey their masters and masters should be kind to their slaves in Ephesians 6:5 - 9

While his nonviolent protests did bring about the Civil Rights movement and led to ending the wrongs of Segregation, one of the unintended consequences of such has produced Black hoodlums across America, many of whom have the idea they do not have to obey the laws of the land because their ancestors were slaves.

Right after the apostle Paul encouraged Ephesian wives to submit to their husbands as they would to Christ, and Ephesian husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the Church, he instructed Ephesian slaves to «obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ» (Ephesians 6:5).

Masters were to treat their slaves fairly, and slaves were to obey honourably.

«Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey — whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?»

Wives were already expected to obey their husbands and slaves were already expected to obey their masters.

for instance, jesus fully endorses slavery and tells slaves that if they want any chance to get into heaven, they must obey their masters.

Without free will, Christians would be mindless slaves who have no choice but to obey God's will.

The sad part is you can read old sermons that were spoken to slaves about obeying their masters, not complaining, etc.and backed with Bible verses.

The looming reduction in the number of seats has given the Class of 2010 a sharp incentive to be more than just order - obeying pager - slaves.

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He is expected to quote from the Bible to keep other enslaved people down, relying on such passages as «slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling» (Ephesians 6:5), or «tell slaves to be submissive to their masters and to give satisfaction in every respect» (Titus 2:9).