Colossians 4:1

Colossians 4:1

1 Masters,^a give your bondservants what is just and fair, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Christian Graces

2 ^aContinue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it ^bwith thanksgiving;

3 ^ameanwhile praying also for us, that God would ^bopen to us a door for the word, to speak ^cthe mystery of Christ, ^dfor which I am also in chains,

4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

5 ^aWalk in ^bwisdom toward those who are outside, ^credeeming the time.

6 Let your speech always be ^awith grace, ^bseasoned with salt, ^cthat you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Final Greetings

7 ^aTychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.

8 ^aI am sending him to you for this very purpose, that¹ he may know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,

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Colossians 4:1 Final Exhortation SUMMARY OF COLOSSIANS 4: A Charge to Masters. Prayer and Prudence Commended. Tychicus, the Bearer of the Letter, Introduced. Onesimus Commended. Greetings from Brethren at Rome. The Epistle of the Laodiceans. Masters, give to [your] servants. See notes on "Eph 6:9". This verse ought to have been joined to the section of the preceding chapter in which mutual duties are enjoined. It should be remarked that such a charge as this is not found in all the profane writings of antiquity. Even in the pages of the moralists a slave was regarded as a chattel with which the master had a right to deal according to his will. The Christian rule, at once introduced into the church, was for the master to treat his servants as he wished to be treated by his Master in heaven, and to expect the same kind of treatment that he meted out.

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