Slaves and Masters
5 Slaves, obey your human 6:5 Lit according to the flesh masters 6:5 Col 3:22; 1Pt 2:18 with fear and trembling, 6:5 Php 2:12 in the sincerity 6:5 2Co 9:11 of your heart, as you would Christ. 6 Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing God’s will 6:6 Ps 143:10; Pr 16:9; Gl 1:4; Eph 1:9 from your heart. 7 Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to people, 6:7 Col 3:238 knowing that whatever good each one does, slave or free, he will receive this back from the Lord. 9 And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening 6:9 Ac 4:29; 9:1 them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism 6:9 Col 3:25 with him. 6:9 Col 4:1