Slaves and Masters, the Institution of Slavery, and Every Christian as a Slave of Christ

Ephesians 6:5-9

5 Bondservants, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ, 6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a bondservant or is free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

(ESV)

1. Is this passage relevant for us today?
2. Slavery in world history
3. Slavery in the Old Testament
4. Slavery in the Roman Empire
5. Slaves and slavery in the New Testament
6. Did Paul approve of slavery?
7. Servant, bondservant, or slave?
8. Exposition
   1. Slaves, obey your earthly masters as you would Christ
   2. Masters, treat your slaves as Christ would treat them