Colossians 4:1 “Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you kno…”

Colossians 4:1

Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye masters, doe vnto your seruants, that which is iust, and equall, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.

Darby Translation

Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in [the] heavens.

Young's Literal Translation

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

Bible in Basic English

Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

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Cross references

“give”

James 2:13 James 5:4 Leviticus 25:39–43 Leviticus 19:13 Deuteronomy 15:12–15 Nehemiah 5:5–13

James 2:13 · BSB

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 5:4 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Leviticus 25:39–43 · BSB

If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

Leviticus 19:13 · BSB

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Deuteronomy 15:12–15 · BSB

If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

Nehemiah 5:5–13 · BSB

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fi…

“ye”

Revelation 17:14 Luke 16:1–13 Matthew 24:48–51 Ecclesiastes 5:8 Luke 19:15 Revelation 19:16

Revelation 17:14 · BSB

They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”

Luke 16:1–13 · BSB

Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.

Matthew 24:48–51 · BSB

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

Ecclesiastes 5:8 · BSB

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

Luke 19:15 · BSB

When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

Revelation 19:16 · BSB

And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,

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