Wives, Husbands, CHildren, Fathers, Slaves, masters roles in our living world

 Ephesians 5:22-6:9

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. 

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him

Why?

Paul kindly let us know how to be good Christians in this world and play many roles in our family and our working places.

The idea and rule is love, just as we love our Lord, and respect our God to treat everyone around us.

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彼此順服： 人喜歡爭誰比較大。夫妻之間，父母兒女之間，主人和僕人之間。

妻子要順服丈夫，同樣丈夫也是要順服妻子，捨己： 丈夫因為愛妻子放下自己的想法、尊榮，，要讓妻子快活。好像耶穌願意放下自己的榮耀放下。妻子因為愛丈夫所以也把尊榮還給丈夫。

孝的最終目標也是讓父母得尊榮。在線主裏就是按著神心意。不要惹兒女的氣： 不要把兒女當出氣筒，自重兒女為獨立個體，兒女也是按主的形象造的。主權與自由意志：兩者同時敬畏神的關係。神有神的主權也尊重人的自由意志。

服事今天的老闆是因為耶穌基督的緣故，主人也要尊重自己的僕人，因為僕人也是神的僕人，主人也是神的僕人。

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How?

A blessing is one who obeys the word of the Lord and follows the way of Jesus Christ.