Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Colossians 3:22 in context
Colossians 3:19–25
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Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
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Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
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Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
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Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
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And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
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knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
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But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
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