2. Review 0 Morality of slavery 0 Hebrew and Greek 0 Bible slavery ≠ American slavery 0 Hebrew not enslaved for life 0 Slavery as a punishment

3. Slavery during the NT 0 Rules of slavery not discussed in detail 0 Eph. 6:5-9, Col. 3:22-25, I Tim. 6:1-2, 13, Titus 2:9-10 0 Serve to bring glory to God 0 Masters were to treat with respect 0 Believing slaves served believing masters 0 Used as an analogy to compare relationships

4. We are all Slaves 0 Either to sin or to Christ 0 John 8:33-36, Gal. 5:1, I Cor. 4:1-2 0 Christ embodied the concept of servitude 0 Matthew 20:26-28 0 Philippians 2:3-9 0 Humility results in exaltation 0 Matt. 19:29-30 0 Mark 10:42-45 0 A faithful slave brings glory to God 0 I Cor. 7:20-23

5. Philemon 0 Vs. 1 – Paul the prisoner 0 Vs. 4-9 – Philemon was an upright man 0 Onesimus made major changes 0 Paul asked that Onesimus be received as a brother 0 God had a plan for Onesimus