work with inquiring pagans. Third, lists of virtues and vices demanded in different callings (such as rulers, military leaders, doctors) were common in the Hellenistic world. Some of Paul’s demands for the home in Col 3:18–4:1 and in Eph 5:22–6:9 reflect a similarity to these lists. Paul may have allowed his content to be influenced by these lists. We should realize that enlightened pagans would have emphasized the need for certain traits that even Christians would have admired. Paul may have been