Colossians 4:1
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in [the] heavens.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving;
Cross References
Leviticus 25:39And if thy brother grow poor beside thee, 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 behold, we must 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 the power of our hand [to redeem them], for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
Job 31:13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth [you], and exact all your labours.
Jeremiah 34:9that every man should let his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, the Hebrew and the Hebrewess, go free, that none should exact service of them, [that is,] 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 →