Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Treasury of Scripture give. Leviticus 19:13 You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him... Leviticus 25:39-43 And if your brother that dwells by you be waxen poor, and be sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant... Deuteronomy 15:12-15 And if your brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold to you, and serve you six years... Deuteronomy 24:14,15 You shall not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers... Nehemiah 5:5-13 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, see... Job 24:11,12 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst... Job 31:13-15 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me... Isaiah 58:3,5-9 Why have we fasted, say they, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold... Jeremiah 34:9-17 That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free... Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers... James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment. James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries... ye. Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter... Matthew 23:8,9 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brothers... Matthew 24:48-51 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming... Luke 16:1-13 And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward... Luke 19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called to him... Ephesians 6:8,9 Knowing that whatever good thing any man does, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free... *etc: 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... Revelation 19:16 And he has on his clothing and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Context Fellow Workers
1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 3 With praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: 4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Masters, do to your servants that which is just and equal: knowing that you also have a master in heaven.
Darby Bible Translation
Masters, give to bondmen what is just and fair, knowing that ye also have a Master in the heavens.
King James Bible
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Young's Literal Translation
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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