Colossians 4:1
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
King James Version
In Context
2Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Cross References
Leviticus 25:39And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
Nehemiah 5:5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Jeremiah 34:9That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, 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 →