Colossians 3:24
iKnowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of jthe inheritance: for kye serve the Lord Christ.
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
εἰδότες ὅτι ἀπὸ Κυρίου ἀπολήψεσθε τὴν ἀνταπόδοσιν τῆς κληρονομίας· τῷ γὰρ Κυρίῳ Χριστῷ δουλεύετε.
Textual key: ‘for’ is omitted, changing the conclusion of the Apostle’s statement to a separate statement
i:
Ephesians 6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
j:
Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
k:
Ephesians 6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
1 Corinthians 7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
being fully persuaded of this undoubted truth,
who superintends all your services, (not for any merit of yours), Eph 6:8, the recompence which your Master in heaven hath purchased, Eph 1:14,18, shall be freely settled upon you whom he hath adopted into his family, Rom 8:17 Gal 4:7 Eph 1:5; for in those duties you Christianly perform to masters of the same mould with yourselves, he really looks upon you as his own servants, {see Eph 6:6} yea, and free-men, 1Co 7:22; so that, as Onesimus, Phm 1:10, ye may more cheerfully submit to your masters’ yoke, according to the command and for the sake of Christ, who reckons what you do upon that account as done to himself, Mat 25:40, and will instate you in that eternal inheritance, to which neither you nor any mortal man had naturally any right at all.