Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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Gill's Exposition
Masters, give unto your servants,.... This verse properly belongs to the preceding chapter, with which it should have been concluded. It is indeed strange, that those who made the division of chapters…
Barnes' Notes
Masters, give unto your servants ... - See the notes at Eph 6:9. That which is just and equal - What they ought to have; what is fairly their due. The apostle here, probably, refers to bondmen or…
Adam Clarke
Masters, give unto your servants - This verse should have been added to the preceding, to which it properly belongs; and this chapter should have begun with Col 4:2.
That which is just and equal - As…
Matthew Henry
The apostle proceeds with the duty of masters to their servants, which might have been joined to the foregoing chapter, and is a part of that discourse. Here observe, 1. Justice is required of them:…
Cambridge Bible
Col 4:1. The subject concluded
1. Masters Cp. Eph 6:9.
give unto Provide for. The Greek verb suggests deliberate care.
that which is … equal In the Greek, equality, equity. The word in the classics…
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