Colossians 3:25 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:18-25

The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to relative duties, as before in the epistle to the Ephesians. The epistles which are most taken up in displaying the glory of divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular and distinct in pressing the duties of the several relations. We must never separate the privileges and duties of the gospel religion. I. He begins with the duties of wives and husbands (Col. 3:18): Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:18-25

3:18-25 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat them harshly. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord. Fathers, do not irritate your children, that they may not lose heart. Slaves, obey in all things those who are your human masters, not only when you are watched, like those whose only desire is to please men, but in sincerity of heart, reverencing the Lord. Whatever... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:18-25

Let us look briefly at each of these three spheres of human relationships. (i) The wife is to be submissive to her husband; but the husband is to love his wife and to treat her with all kindness. The practical effect of the marriage laws and customs of ancient times was that the husband became an unquestioned dictator and the wife little more than a servant to bring up his children and to minister to his needs. The fundamental effect of this Christian teaching is that marriage becomes a... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:18-25

(iii) Paul then turns to the greatest problem of all--the relationship between slave and master. It will be noted that this section is far longer than the other two; and its length may well be due to long talks which Paul had with the runaway slave, Onesimus, whom later he was to send back to his master Philemon. Paul says things which must have amazed both sides. He insists that the slave must be a conscientious workman. He is in effect saying that his Christianity must make him a better... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:25

But he that doth wrong ,.... Which may be understood, both of servants that do wrong to their masters through sloth and idleness, neglecting their business, embezzling their masters' goods, and defrauding them of their substance; and of masters that injure their servants by withholding from them proper food, and raiment; by cheating them of their wages, either giving them none at all, or too little, or detaining them too long, and by giving them bad language, and hard blows, and such like... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:25

But he that doeth wrong - It is possible for an unfaithful servant to wrong and defraud his master in a great variety of ways without being detected; but let all such remember what is here said: He that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done; God sees him, and will punish him for his breach of honesty and trust. Wasting, or not taking proper care of the goods of your master, is such a wrong as God will resent. He that is unfaithful in that which is little, will be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:22-25

The duties of servants. The apostle enters into fuller detail in his injunctions to servants, because his intercourse with Onesimus, a Colossian slave now returning to his master Philemon in a new character, had turned his thoughts to the condition and difficulties of the whole class of dependants. His injunctions to them imply that they had a right to be instructed out of the Word, and that if men have less consideration for their interests, the Lord redoubles his concern for them. There... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:22-25

Religious regulations for master and servant. The length of the paragraph on this topic is probably partly the result of Paul's having then and there so much to do with Onesimus, the runaway slave whom he was sending back to his master. "Bought and adopted and in Christ a brother; claimed and completed, and in Christ a man." But besides this personal reason, Paul must have felt that there was, in the state of the Colossian society of the time, an urgent need for this lengthy and detailed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:25

For he that doeth wrong shall receive again that he did wrong; and there is no respect of persons ( Ephesians 6:8 , Ephesians 6:9 ; Philippians 1:28 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:5-7 ; 1 Peter 1:17 ; Romans 2:11 ; Galatians 2:6 ). "For" is replaced by "but" in the same inferior copies which insert it in the last sentence. Here we have the ether side of the recompense promised in Colossians 3:24 a , to which the explanatory "for" points back. The impartial justice which avenges every... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:22-25

Servants, obey in all things ... - ; see the notes at Ephesians 6:5-8. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Colossians 3:18-25

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:18-25

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:18-25

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Colossians 3:18-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Colossians 3:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Colossians 3:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:22-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:22-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Colossians 3:22-25

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