For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
to discharge the duties of the purchased slave, to which there were no limitations either in the kind of service or in the time of its performance. The whole life of the Christian is to be lived in obedience to the will of God, an absolute law to which the gospel of the grace of God admits of no exceptions (45).