Colossians 4:1

Masters, deal out to your bond-servants justice and equity, knowing that ye also have a master in heaven.

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In The King James Version

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

In Context

2Persevere in prayer, being watchful therein with thanksgiving;

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Cross References

Job 31:13If I have refused justice to my man-servant or maid-servant, When they had a controversy with me,

Isaiah 58:3“Wherefore do we fast, and thou seest not? Wherefore do we afflict our souls, and thou dost not regard it?” Behold, in the day of your fasts ye pursue your pleasure, And exact all your labors.

Jeremiah 34:9that every one should let his man-servant or his maid-servant, being a Hebrew or Hebrewess, go free, that no one should retain his brother, a Jew, in servitude.

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 →

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