In this episode, we explore Romans 6:19–23 through the lens of Orthodox theology, drawing on the wisdom of St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory the Great, and modern Orthodox biblical scholars including Georges Florovsky, Kallistos Ware, and Dumitru Stăniloae. St. Paul reveals two spiritual paths—slavery to sin leading to death, and slavery to righteousness leading to sanctification and eternal life. This homily examines how sin distorts communion, how righteousness restores the human person, and how eternal life is the free gift of God given through Christ.

Listeners will discover how the Fathers interpret Paul’s teaching on spiritual slavery, how modern Orthodox hermeneutics understands sanctification as the unfolding of bapt ...