Colossians 3:20-25

J.B. Phillips New Testament

²⁰ As for you children, your duty is to obey your parents, for at your age this is one of the best things you can do to show your love for God.

²¹ Fathers, don’t over-correct your children, or they will grow up feeling inferior and frustrated.

^22-25 Slaves, your job is to obey your masters, not with the idea of currying favour, but as a sincere expression of your devotion to God. Whatever you do, put your whole heart and soul into it, as into work done for God, and not merely for men—knowing that your real reward, a heavenly one, will come from God, since you are actually employed by Christ, and not just by your earthly master. But the wicked man will be punished for his misdeeds, and naturally no distinction will be made between master and man.