Reading for May 30th

Read Ephesians 5.15-6.9 Strengthening believers.
Contrasts (5.15-18) clarify the believers' walk; they are strengthened through
worship with others (5.18-20) and mutual submission (5.21-6.9).
In verse 5.20 on continuous thanks, see 1 Thess 5.18; Col 3.17.
In verses 5.21-6.9 household codes governed social relations within an extended family.
See Col 3.18-4.1.
Ephesians expands on relations between husband and wife.
In verses 22-33 Col 3.18-19.
For the writer, the unity of the husband and wife, unlike the unity of Jews and gentiles,
does not result in equality.
In verses 6.1-4 Col 3.20-21.
In verse 3 Deut 5.16.
In verse 5-9 Col 3.22-4.1.
On slavery, see introduction to Philemon.
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