Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
And—omitted in the oldest manuscripts (compare Ephesians 6:7-8). Compare the same principle in the case of all men, Hezekiah (II Chronicles 31:21; Romans 12:11).
do, do it—two distinct Greek verbs, "Whatsoever ye do, work at it" (or "labor at" it).
heartily—not from servile constraint, but with hearty good will.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Colossians 3:23:
Genesis 39:5
Ephesians 6:7
Colossians 3:24
Titus 2:10
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