Colossians 4:1 - Easy To Read Version Masters, give the things that are good and fair to your servants. Remember that you have a Master in heaven. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. Common English Bible Masters, be just and fair to your slaves, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven. |
In some country you might see poor people that are forced to work very hard. You might see that this is not fair to the poor people. It is against the rights of the poor people. But don’t be surprised! The ruler that forces those people to work has another ruler that forces him. And there is still another ruler that forces both of these rulers.
Now those people say, “We stop eating food to show honor to you. Why don’t you see us? We hurt our bodies to show honor to you. Why don’t you notice us?”
“You must not do bad things to your neighbor. You must not rob {him}. You must not hold a hired worker’s salary all night until morning. [338]
Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
So the man said to them, ‘If you go and work in my field, I will pay you what your work is worth.’
“But the man became king. When he came home, he said, ‘Call those servants that have my money. I want to know how much more money they earned with it.’
Yes, you must show mercy to other people. If you do not show mercy, then God will not show mercy to you when he judges you. But the person who shows mercy can stand without fear when he is judged.
People worked in your fields, but you did not pay them. Those people are crying out against you. Those people harvested your crops. Now the Lord (God) of heaven’s armies {\cf2\super [24]} has heard the things they are shouting.
They will make war against the Lamb. But the Lamb will defeat them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. He will defeat them with his chosen and faithful followers—the people that he has called.”