Colossians 3:18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22 Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. 25 For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.
4:1 Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.
Paul now gets even more specific in his instructions on godly relationships, moving from the Church to the household. Everyone within must turn away from selfishness to submissive, loving service of Christ and one another. The goal is to please Christ and to do what is best for one another. Everyone must behave knowing that God is watching. Christ is the true head of the home and must be reverenced before a watching world. This does not, however, mean that we do it only when the world is watching, but sincerely before God, who is watching at all times.
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