<p>6:10<i> So then, as we have opportunity- </i>This is the same word <i>kairos</i> that has just been used in :9 regarding the &quot;due season&quot; or time when we shall reap what we sowed. And that day is the future day of judgment. But each &quot;opportunity&quot; or &quot;time&quot; is in fact judgment day for us. For in essence, judgment is now.</p><p><i>Let us work that which is good toward all men</i>- Paul is not saying 'Don't work You don't need to, under grace'. Rather he is urging belief in the wonder of salvation without works of obedience, knowing that belief in this will result in a life and heart being totally gripped for Christ. No way can we be passive to it. And we will indeed work what is good for all men. The &quot;good&quot; is to be connected with the &quot;good things&quot; of :6; see note there.</p><p><i>And especially toward those that are in the family of the faith</i><i>- </i>The believers generally belonged to house churches, which were part of the <i>patria</i> of God (Eph. 3:15). They belonged to another household, a household which they perceived by faith- the household of faith. No wonder Celsus complained that Christianity led its followers into rebellion against the heads of households. Doubtless he was exaggerating, but the idea of having another head of house, another <i>patria </i>, was indeed obnoxious to a slave owning society. This is why the language of slavery permeates so much of the New Testament letters; for according to Christianity&rsquo;s critics, it was largely a slave, female religion to start with. And of course, the unity between slave women and free women in the house churches was amazing; it cut across all accepted social boundaries of separation. The <i>Martyrdom Of Perpetua And Felicitas</i> tells the story of how a Christian mistress (Perpetua) and a slave girl (Felicitas) are thrown together into the nets to be devoured by wild animals, standing together as they faced death. This was the kind of unity which converted the world. There was to be now the &quot;household of faith&quot;, with people from all the 'other' groups now to be accepted as 'brother' and 'sister', which meant denying the natural ties to your family in the way that surrounding society expected- for to them, loyalty had to be to family above all else. Denying this and putting our bonding with Christ and <i>His</i> family first was indeed equivalent to self-crucifixion (Mk. 8:34).</p>