Colossians 4:1
Ye masters, doe vnto your seruants, that which is iust, and equall, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.
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In Context
2Continue in prayer, and watch in the fame with thankesgiuing,
Cross References
Leviticus 25:39If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,
Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,
Nehemiah 5:5And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.
Job 31:13If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,
Isaiah 58:3Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes.
Jeremiah 34:9That euery man should let his seruant go free, and euery man his handmayde, which was an Ebrue or an Ebruesse, and that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iewe 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 →