1 Peter 3: Living the Word

Peter's instructions to Christians husbands and wives married to those who do not share their faith is a continuation of his them of living honorably.

1 Peter 2: Willing Cooperation

those who have been born anew, who have been born from above, have a higher calling, an eternal perspective. Our willing cooperation with human authorities displays the unlimited grace and mature liberty we now have in Christ.

Colossians 3: Household Codes

Paul worked from the teachings of Jesus. Everything Paul wrote must be sifted through the Gospels, or it wonโ€™t read right. Jesus was very clearโ€”a point we have tragically ignored for most of Christendomโ€™s existenceโ€”that we are not to rule over anyone within the kingdom.