Jude 1:1), as do Peter and John, two of the disciples closest to him (2 Peter 1:1; Rev. 1:1). Paul does use the slave/son contrast as a metaphor to indicate the new maturity and freedom we have in Christ, but it would be wrong to import the negative connotations of servanthood in Galatians 4 into every other biblical context where the term is found. In many other passages, Paul does not deny, but rather affirms, that we are now servants of Christ. And a servant of God is one who is in covenant with