Colossians 3:24
since you know that it is from the Master that you will receive the inheritance which will be your recompense. You are serving Christ, the Master.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
23Whatever you do, do it with all your heart, as if working for the Master and not for men,
25Those who do wrong will reap the wrong they have done; and there will be no partiality.
Cross References
Matthew 5:12Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.
Matthew 6:1Take care not to perform your religious duties in public in order to be seen by others; if you do, your Father who is in Heaven has no reward for you.
Matthew 6:16And, when you fast, do not put on gloomy looks, as hypocrites do who disfigure their faces that they may be seen by men to be fasting. That, I tell you, is their reward!
Luke 6:35But love your enemies, and show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing. Then your reward shall be great, and you shall be Sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the bad.
John 12:26If a man is ready to serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant shall be also. If a man is ready to serve me, my Father will honour him.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:19-25
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,… Read the whole commentary →