KJV King James Version
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
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Colossians 3:24
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
WEB World English Bible
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
ASV American Standard Version
knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance—for the Lord Christ ye serve;
Surrounding context — Colossians 3
21 Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23 And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
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εἰδότεςG6063 · oidato knowὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatἀπὸG575 · apoaway fromκυρίουG2962 · kurioslord: GodἀπολήμψεσθεG618 · apolambanōto get backτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἀνταπόδοσινG469 · antapodosisrewardτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoκληρονομίας·G2817 · klēronomiainheritanceτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoκυρίῳG2962 · kurioslord: GodΧριστῷG5547 · ChristosChristδουλεύετε.G1398 · douleuōbe a slave
Cross-references
Ephesians 6:8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.Galatians 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.Acts 20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.Luke 14:14And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.1 Corinthians 7:22For 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.Hebrews 10:35Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.Matthew 5:12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.Hebrews 11:6But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.Ephesians 6:6Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.Matthew 5:46For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?1 Corinthians 3:8Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.Jude 1:1Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, [and] called:Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.Matthew 6:16Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.Luke 6:35But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.Romans 4:4-5Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.Colossians 2:18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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