Colossians 3:18-4:1

Christian Standard Bible

Christ in Your Home

¹⁸ Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.^{(A) 19} Husbands,^(B) love your wives^(C) and don’t be bitter^(D) toward them. ²⁰ Children,^(E) obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. ²¹ Fathers,^(F) do not exasperate^(G) your children, so that they won’t become discouraged. ²² Slaves, obey your human^(H) masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.^{(I) 23} Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people,^{(J) 24} knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ For the wrongdoer^(K) will be paid back for whatever wrong he has done, and there is no favoritism.

4 Masters,^(L) deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.