Colossians 4:1
Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.
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In Context
2Continue in prayer, being vigilant in it with thankfulness.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:39And if thy brother becomes poor with thee, and sells himself to thee, thou shall not make him to serve as a bondman.
Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou let him go free from thee, thou shall not let him go empty.
Nehemiah 5:5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our sons as their sons. And, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]. Neither is it in our
Job 31:13If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,
Isaiah 58:3Why have we fasted, [they say], and thou see not? We have afflicted our soul, and thou take no knowledge. Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact from all your laborers.
Jeremiah 34:9that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free, that none should make bondmen of them, [namely], of a Jew his brother.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 4:1
I. He continues his account of the duty of masters, from the close of the former chapter, ver. 1 . II. He exhorts to the duty of prayer ( ver. 2-4 ), and to a prudent and decent conduct towards those with whom we converse, ver. 5, 6 . III. He closes the epistle with the mention of several of his friends, of whom he gives an honourable testimony, ver. 7-18 . Read the whole commentary →