New American Standard Bible 2020

Colossians 3:19-25

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

22 6 7Slaves, obey those who are your 8human masters in everything, 9not with 10eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23Whatever you do, do your work 11heartily, 12as for the Lord and not for people, 24 13knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward 14of 15the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you 16serve. 25For 17the one who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and 18 19that without partiality.

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Notes

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

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