Colossians 3:18-25
Family Relations
18 aWives, bbe subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 cHusbands, love your wives and do not become bitter against them. 20 dChildren, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing ▼▼Lit in
to the Lord. 21 fFathers, do not ▼▼Or provoke to anger
antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged. 22 ▼
▼I.e., slaves in first-century Roman culture
,
iSlaves, obey those who are your ▼▼Lit masters according to flesh
human masters in everything, knot with ▼▼I.e., working only when watched
eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, do your work ▼▼Lit from the soul
heartily, nas for the Lord and not for people, 24 oknowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward ▼▼I.e., consisting of
of qthe inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you rserve. 25For sthe one who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and ▼▼Lit there is no partiality
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uthat without partiality. Colossians 4:1
1Masters, grant your slaves justice and fairness, vknowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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