The Pulpit Commentary - Colossians 3:22-25. The duties of servants. The apostle enters into fuller detail in his injunctions to servants, because his intercourse with Onesimus, a Colossian slave now returning to his master Philemon in a new character, had turned his thoughts to the condition and difficulties of the whole class of dependants. Colossians 3:23-24. Whatever your task, put yourselves into it, as done for the Lord and not for your masters, since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24. privacy@biblegateway.com. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward Colossians 3:23-24. And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to… In response, Paul wrote a letter to the Colossian church, defending sound theology, defining Jesus Christ in all His glory, and declaring that Christ is the image of the invisible God. Paul proclaimed that Christ alone is enough. No other person, knowledge, or system is needed. "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a rewar Colossians 3:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95) 23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, Colossians 3:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV) 23 Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord, not for human masters. Colossians 3:23-24New International Version. 23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Read full chapter. Y5DlDH.