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Colossians Chapter 4 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Colossians 4:1

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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BBE Colossians 4:1

Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.
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DARBY Colossians 4:1

Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that *ye* also have a Master in [the] heavens.
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KJV Colossians 4:1

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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WBT Colossians 4:1

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WEB Colossians 4:1

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
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YLT Colossians 4:1

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - (See Ch 3.)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersIV.(1) Just and equal.--The word "equal," or, rather, the substantive so translated, has the sense either of "equity" or "equality." The former is far commoner (especially in connection with justice), and probably all that is intended here. At the same time, the idea running through the passage is of a common fellow-service to Christ of all alike, and in Colossians 3:11 we are reminded that "in Christ Jesus there is neither bond nor free." Perhaps, therefore, St. Paul desired that his readers should remember that in some points all are literally equal before God.