Colossians 3:18–4:1

Rules for Christian Households

^18uWives, submit to your husbands, as ^vis fitting in the Lord. ¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and ^wdo not be harsh with them. ²⁰Children, obey your parents ^xin everything, for this pleases the Lord. ²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. ²²Bondservants, obey ^xin everything those who are your earthly masters,⁷ not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. ^23yWhatever you do, work heartily, ^zas for the Lord and not for men, ²⁴knowing that from the Lord ^ayou will receive the inheritance as your reward. ^bYou are serving the Lord Christ. ²⁵For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

4Masters, treat your bondservants¹ justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.