24 because you[a] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve[b] the Lord Christ. 25 For the one who does wrong will receive back whatever wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

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Footnotes

  1. Colossians 3:24 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal
  2. Colossians 3:24 Or “You serve”; the same Greek verb form can be understood as either imperative (“serve”) or indicative (“you serve”), so that commentators and Bible translations differ