| Colossians 4:1 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Masters, be just and fair to your slaves because you know that you also have a master in heaven.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
| ASV: | Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
| BBE: | Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven. |
| DBY: | Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens. |
| ERV: | Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
| WEY: | Masters, deal justly and equitably with your slaves, knowing that you too have a Master in Heaven. |
| WBS: | Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. |
| WEB: | Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. |
| YLT: | The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. |
| Colossians 4:1 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ephesians 6:9 And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 4:1 Final Exhortation
SUMMARY OF COLOSSIANS 4:
A Charge to Masters. Prayer and Prudence Commended. Tychicus, the Bearer of the Letter, Introduced. Onesimus Commended. Greetings from Brethren at Rome. The Epistle of the Laodiceans.
Masters, give to [your] servants. See notes on Eph 6:9. This verse ought to have been joined to the section of the preceding chapter in which mutual duties are enjoined. It should be remarked that such a charge as this is not found in all the profane writings of antiquity. Even in the pages of the moralists a slave was regarded as a chattel with which the master had a right to deal according to his will. The Christian rule, at once introduced into the church, was for the master to treat his servants as he wished to be treated by his Master in heaven, and to expect the same kind of treatment that he meted out. |
| WES: | 4:1 Just - According to your contract. Equitable - Even beyond the letter of your contract. |
| MHC: | 4:1 The apostle proceeds with the duty of masters to their servants. Not only justice is required of them, but strict equity and kindness. Let them deal with servants as they expect God should deal with themselves. |
| CONC: | Bondmen Conscious Deal Equal Equitably Fair Fairly Fairness Grant Heaven Heavens Justice Justly Master Masters Provide Render Righteous Servants Slaves Treat |
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