Colossians 4:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing 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 make 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 is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy; yet mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 5:4

Behold, 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 poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, 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 the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

Leviticus 19:13

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Isaiah 58:3

‘Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

Matthew 20:4

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