Colossians 3
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Colossians 3:22-24

2212SlavesG1401, obeyG5219 thoseG3588 who are your 3humanG4561 mastersG2962 in everythingG3956, 4not with 5eye-serviceG3787, as people-pleasersG441, but with sincerityG572 of heartG2588, fearingG5399 the LordG2962.

23WhateverG3739G1437 you doG4160, doG2038 your workG2038 6heartilyG5590, 7as for the LordG2962 and not for peopleG444,

248knowingG3609 that it is from the LordG2962 that you will receiveG618 the rewardG469 9of 10the inheritanceG2817. It is the LordG2962 ChristG5547 whom you 11serveG1398.

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Notes

  1. 1. Colossians 3:22 I.e., slaves in first-century Roman culture ↩
  2. 2. Colossians 3:22 Eph 6:5 ↩
  3. 3. Colossians 3:22 Lit masters according to flesh ↩
  4. 4. Colossians 3:22 Eph 6:6 ↩
  5. 5. Colossians 3:22 I.e., working only when watched ↩
  6. 6. Colossians 3:23 Lit from the soul ↩
  7. 7. Colossians 3:23 Eph 6:7 ↩
  8. 8. Colossians 3:24 Eph 6:8 ↩
  9. 9. Colossians 3:24 I.e., consisting of ↩
  10. 10. Colossians 3:24 Acts 20:32; 1 Pet 1:4 ↩
  11. 11. Colossians 3:24 1 Cor 7:22 ↩

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