Colossians 3:24

Colossians 3:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
• New International Version (NIV)since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
• English Standard Version (ESV)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
• New King James Version (NKJV)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Context of Colossians 3:24

22Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people, knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ. 25For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.

Colossians 3:24 word by word

εἰδότες ὅτι ἀπὸ κυρίου ἀπολήμψεσθε τὴν ἀνταπόδοσιν τῆς κληρονομίας· τῷ κυρίῳ Χριστῷ δουλεύετε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Knowingεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• ye shall receiveἀπολαμβάνωapolambanō · to get backG618
• the rewardἀνταπόδοσιςantapodosis · rewardG469
• of the inheritanceκληρονομίαklēronomia · inheritanceG2817
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• ye serveδουλεύωdouleuō · be a slaveG1398
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for Colossians 3:24

• Colossians 2:18Let no one condemn you by delighting in ascetic practices and the worship of angels, claiming access to a visionary realm. Such people are inflated by empty notions of their unspiritual mind.
• Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great.
• Ruth 2:12May the Lord reward you for what you have done, and may you receive a full reward from the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge.”
• Proverbs 11:18The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
• Matthew 5:12Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
• Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. Otherwise, you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
• Matthew 10:41Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.
• Luke 6:35But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High. For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.
• Luke 14:14And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
• Romans 2:6He will repay each one according to his works:
• Romans 4:4Now to the one who works, pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed.
• 1 Corinthians 3:8Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
• 1 Corinthians 9:17For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a commission.
• Ephesians 6:8knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord.
• Hebrews 9:15Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
• Hebrews 10:35So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

Commentaries on Colossians 3:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The reward of the inheritance - Here, ye have neither lands nor property; ye are servants or slaves; be not discouraged, ye have an inheritance in store; be faithful unto God and to your employers, and Christ will give you a heavenly inheritance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22-25Verses 22-25 Servants, obey in all things … - ; see the notes at Ephesians 6:5-8.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 The epistles most taken up in displaying the glory of the Divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular in pressing the duties of the Christian life. We must never separate the privileges and duties of the gospel. Submission is the duty of wives. But it is submission, not to a severe lord or stern tyrant, but to her own husband, who is engaged to affectionate duty. And husbands must love their wives with tender and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-24Slaves have masters on earth they must obey. Slavery was central to life and the economy in the ancient world. The New Testament does not directly oppose slavery. Yet, Christian faith creates relationships that change the nature of the social structure (see Philemon 1:15–16). It is the Lord Christ you are serving: All Christians, whether slave or free, serve a higher Master. His will is most important.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. the reward of the inheritance--"Knowing that it is from the Lord (the ultimate source of reward), ye shall receive the compensation (or recompense, which will make ample amends for your having no earthly possession as slaves now) consisting of the inheritance" (a term excluding the notion of meriting it by works: it is all of grace, Ro 4:14; Ga 3:18). for ye serve--The oldest manuscripts omit "for," then translate as Vulgate, "Serve ye the Lord…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Colossians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings