THEOSISColossians 3:24Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Knowing that you shall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance. Serve ye the Lord Christ.
ειδοτες οτι απο κυριου ληψεσθε την ανταποδοσιν της κληρονομιας τω γαρ κυριω χριστω δουλευετε
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Eph 6:8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man shall do, the same shall he receive from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
- Luke 14:14And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.
- Gal 1:10For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
- 1 Cor 7:22For he that is called in the Lord, being a bondman, is the freeman of the Lord. Likewise he that is called, being free, is the bondman of Christ.
- Acts 20:32And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, who is able to build up and to give an inheritance among all the sanctified.
- Heb 11:6But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God must believe that he is: and is a rewarder to them that seek him.
- Heb 10:35Do not therefore lose your confidence which hath a great reward.
- Eph 6:6Not serving to the eye, as it were pleasing men: but, as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.
The original text
Greek text, 13 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- εἰδότεςeidotesI knowG1492 · εἴδω
- ὅτιhotithatG3754 · ὅτι
- ἀπὸapofromG575 · ἀπό
- ΚυρίουkyrioulordG2962 · κύριος
- ἀπολήμψεσθεapolēmpsestheI get backG618 · ἀπολαμβάνω
- τὴνtēntheG3588 · ὁ
- ἀνταπόδοσινantapodosina rewardG469 · ἀνταπόδοσις
- τῆςtēstheG3588 · ὁ
- κληρονομίαςklēronomiasan inheritanceG2817 · κληρονομία
- τῷtōtheG3588 · ὁ
- ΚυρίῳkyriōlordG2962 · κύριος
- ΧριστῷchristōanointedG5547 · Χριστός
- δουλεύετεdouleueteI am a slaveG1398 · δουλεύω