Colossians 4:1
The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;
Cross References
Leviticus 25:39'And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;
Deuteronomy 15:13And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;
Nehemiah 5:5and now, as the flesh of our brethren [is] our flesh, as their sons [are] our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards [are] to others.'
Job 31:13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Isaiah 58:3'Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.
Jeremiah 34:9to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant — the Hebrew and the Hebrewess — free, so as not to lay service on them, any on 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 →