Colossians 3:24
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23 And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
- KJV
- Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
- WEB
- knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
- ASV
- knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
- DARBY
- knowing that of [the] Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.
- BLB
- knowing that you⁺ will receive back from the Lord the reward of the inheritance. You⁺ serve the Lord Christ.
- ÅB
- for dere vet at dere skal få arven til lønn av Herren. Tjen den Herre Kristus!
- OTB
- i visshet om at dere skal motta en arv fra Herren som en belønning. Det er Herren Kristus dere tjener.
- B1930
- for I vet at I skal få arven til lønn av Herren. Tjen den Herre Kristus!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:8
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Read in contextActs 20:32
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Read in contextGalatians 1:10
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Read in contextLuke 14:14
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:22
For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant.
Read in contextHebrews 10:35
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
Read in contextHebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Read in contextEphesians 6:6
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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