Colossians 3:18-25

Duties in the Christian Household

Colossians 3:18-25

Household Rules

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Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.
19
Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.
20
Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.
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Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.
22
Seruants, be obedient vnto them that are your masters according to the flesh, in all things, not with eye seruice as men pleasers, but in singlenes of heart, fearing God.
23
And whatsoeuer ye doe, doe it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men,
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Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receiue the reward of the inheritance: for ye serue the Lord Christ.
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But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
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Where else Scripture says this.

  • Colossians 3:17

    And whatsoeuer ye shall doe, in worde or deede, doe all in the Name of the Lord Iesus, giuing thankes to God euen the Father by him.
    from verse 23

  • Ephesians 6:7

    With good will, seruing the Lord, and not men.
    from verse 22

  • Ephesians 6:6

    Not with seruice to the eye, as men pleasers, but as the seruants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
    from verse 23

  • Romans 14:8

    For whether wee liue, we liue vnto the Lord: or whether we die, we die vnto the Lord: whether we liue therefore, or die, we are the Lords.
    from verse 23

  • 2 Chronicles 31:21

    And in all the workes that he began for the seruice of the house of God, both in the Law and in the commandements, to seeke his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
    from verse 23

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.
    from verse 23

  • 1 Peter 2:15

    For so is the will of God, that by well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of the foolish men,
    from verse 23

  • Exodus 20:12

    Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
    from verse 20

  • Ephesians 6:1

    Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
    from verse 20

  • Ephesians 6:3

    That it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst liue long on earth.
    from verse 20

  • 1 Peter 3:7

    Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.
    from verse 19

  • 1 Peter 2:13

    Therefore submit your selues vnto all maner ordinance of man for the Lordes sake, whether it be vnto the King, as vnto the superiour,
    from verse 23
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