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Colossians 4:1-18

Colossians 4:1:

4:1lords, you must present the righteous-thing and the equality to (your) slaves, having known2 that also you have (the) Lord in heaven.

Continuing in the same context as Colossians 3:17-25, Paul now addresses the lords who are holy-people (sanctified-people, Christians, saints, children of God) regarding the Christian work relationship.

The lords (masters, employers), you must present (have/hold beside, offer)…:

…to your slaves (bond-servants, employees). Why? Because you knew and you still know (perceive, see) that also you presently and actively have the Lord/Master in heaven (within the sphere of action of God’s spirit realm).

The Lord Jesus Christ is Lord of every limb of the one spiritual body of Christ, including employers and employees in the work category. It does not matter what different kinds of work are being done by any limb during the everyday living of life awaiting Christ's coming to gather all holy-people together with him.

[Reference: Matthew 20:4; II Corinthians 8:13-15; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:17. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2) immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]

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