Colossians 4:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, for you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ MASTERS, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that also you have a Master in heaven. [Lev. 25:43, 53.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Common English Bible

¹ Masters, be just and fair to your slaves, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven.

Colossians 4:1 Cross References

Revelation 17:14

they will wage war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

James 2:13

For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 5:4

Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and right, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Revelation 19:16

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

Luke 19:15

When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves to whom he had given the money to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by doing business.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Leviticus 19:13

“You shall not defraud your neighbor; you shall not steal; and you shall not keep for yourself the wages of a laborer until morning.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why do we fast, but you do not see? Why humble ourselves, but you do not notice?” Look, you serve your own interest on your fast day and oppress all your workers.

Matthew 20:4

and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.