New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 3:18-25

18 1Wives, 2be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 3Husbands, love your wives and do not become bitter against them. 20 4Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing 5to the Lord. 21 6Fathers, do not 7antagonize your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

22 8 9Slaves, obey those who are your 10human masters in everything, 11not with 12eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, do your work 13heartily, 14as for the Lord and not for people, 24 15knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward 16of 17the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you 18serve. 25For 19the one who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and 20 21that without partiality.

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Notes

1. Colossians 3:18 Col 3:18-4:1: Eph 5:22-6:9 ↩
2. Colossians 3:18 Eph 5:22 ↩
3. Colossians 3:19 Eph 5:25; 1 Pet 3:7 ↩
4. Colossians 3:20 Eph 6:1 ↩
5. Colossians 3:20 Lit in ↩
6. Colossians 3:21 Eph 6:4 ↩
7. Colossians 3:21 Or provoke to anger ↩
8. Colossians 3:22 I.e., slaves in first-century Roman culture ↩
9. Colossians 3:22 Eph 6:5 ↩
10. Colossians 3:22 Lit masters according to flesh ↩
11. Colossians 3:22 Eph 6:6 ↩
12. Colossians 3:22 I.e., working only when watched ↩
13. Colossians 3:23 Lit from the soul ↩
14. Colossians 3:23 Eph 6:7 ↩
15. Colossians 3:24 Eph 6:8 ↩
16. Colossians 3:24 I.e., consisting of ↩
17. Colossians 3:24 Acts 20:32; 1 Pet 1:4 ↩
18. Colossians 3:24 1 Cor 7:22 ↩
19. Colossians 3:25 Eph 6:8 ↩
20. Colossians 3:25 Lit there is no partiality ↩
21. Colossians 3:25 Deut 10:17; Acts 10:34; Eph 6:9 ↩

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