Colossians 4:1

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Dere herrer! gjør imot deres tjenere det som rett og rimelig er, for dere vet at også dere har en herre i himlene!
OTB
Herrer, gi deres slaver rettferdighet og rettferd, idet dere vet at dere også har en Herre i himmelen.
B1930
I herrer! gjør imot eders tjenere det som rett og rimelig er, for I vet at også I har en herre i himlene!
BSB
Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
KJV
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
WEB
Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
ASV
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
DARBY
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in [the] heavens.
BLB
Masters, provide to [your] slaves that which [is] right and that which [is] equal, knowing that you⁺ also have a Master in heaven.

Studienotater (Tyndale)

Grunntekst og ordstudie

Kryssreferanser

  • Ephesians 6:8–20

    Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

    Les i sammenheng
  • Revelation 17:14

    These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

    Les i sammenheng
  • Deuteronomy 24:14–15

    Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

    Les i sammenheng
  • James 2:13

    For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

    Les i sammenheng
  • Luke 16:1–13

    And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

    Les i sammenheng
  • Matthew 24:48–51

    But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

    Les i sammenheng
  • James 5:4

    Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

    Les i sammenheng
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8

    If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

    Les i sammenheng