Colossians 4:1 Cross References - Murdock

¹ Masters, do equity and justice to your servants; and be conscious that ye also have a master in heaven.

⁸ But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Rabbi, and ye are all brethren. ⁹ And ye shall not call yourselves Father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.

⁴⁸ But if that servant, being wicked, shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; ⁴⁹ and shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall be eating and drinking with drunkards; ⁵⁰ the lord of that servant will come in a day he will not expect, and in an hour he knoweth not, ⁵¹ and will cut him asunder, and will assign him his portion with the hypocrites; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹ And he spoke a parable to his disciples. There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and accusations were brought to him of him, that he squandered his property. ² And his lord called him, and said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Render to me an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst no longer be my steward. ³ And the steward said with himself: What shall I do, since my lord is about to take from me the stewardship? To dig, I am unable; and to become a beggar, I am ashamed. ⁴ I know what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me to their houses. ⁵ And he called each one of his lord's debtors; and he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord? ⁶ And he said to him, One hundred measures of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write Fifty measures. ⁷ And he said to another: And how much owest thou to my lord? And he said to him, One hundred cors of wheat. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down, and write Eighty cors. ⁸ And our Lord praised the unrighteous steward, for having acted sagaciously: for the children of this world are more sagacious than the children of light, in this their generation. ⁹ And I also say to you: Make to yourselves friends, with this unrighteous mammon; so that when it is finished, they may receive you to their everlasting tabernacles. ¹⁰ He that is faithful in the little, is also faithful in the much; and he that is unjust in the little, is also unjust in the much. ¹¹ If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will intrust to you the reality? ¹² And if ye have not been found faithful in that which is not yours, who will give to you that which is yours? ¹³ There is no servant, who can serve two lords. For, either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will honor the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

¹⁵ And when he had obtained the royalty, and had returned, he commanded those servants to be called, to whom he had committed his money; that he might know what each of them had gained by trading.

⁸ knowing that whatever good thing a man may do, the same will be recompensed to him by our Lord, whether he be a servant or a free man. ⁹ Also ye masters, do ye so to your servants. Forgive them a fault; because ye know, that ye have a master in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him. ¹⁰ Finally, my brethren, be strong in our Lord, and; in the energy of his power: ¹¹ And put ye on; the whole armor of God, so that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the Accuser. ¹² For our conflict is not with flesh and blood, but with principalities, and with those in authority, and with the possessors of this dark world, and with the evil spirits that are beneath heaven. ¹³ Therefore put ye on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to meet the evil one; and, being in all respects prepared, may stand firm. ¹⁴ Stand up therefore, and gird your loins with truth; and put on the breastplate of righteousness; ¹⁵ and defend your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ And herewith take to you the confidence of faith, by which ye will have power to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one. ¹⁷ And put on the helmet of rescue; and take hold of the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸ And pray ye, with all prayers and supplications, in spirit, at all times: and in prayer be watchful, at all seasons, praying constantly, and interceding for all the saints: ¹⁹ and also for me; that language may be given me, in the opening of my mouth; so that I may boldly proclaim the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ of which I am a messenger in chains; that I may utter it boldly, as I ought to utter it.

¹³ For judgment without mercy shall be on him, who hath practised no mercy: by mercy, ye will be raised above judgment.

⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who have reaped your ground, which ye have wrongfully retained, crieth out; and the clamor of the reapers hath entered the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

¹⁴ They will make war upon the Lamb; and the Lamb will vanquish them; because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and these with him are called and chosen and faithful.

¹⁶ And he hath upon his vesture and upon his thigh the words written: King of kings, and Lord of lords.