Colossians 3:22 (WEB)
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
Fathers and councils · 3
Leo the Great
“And so the cause for complaint is twofold in this matter, because both the sacred ministry is polluted by such poor partners in it, and the rights of masters are infringed so far as unlawful possession is rashly taken of them.” — editor's note: Though no doubt S. Leo’s language is here harsh and offensive to modern ears, it is not, I think, substantially out of agreement with S. Paul’s own teaching…
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Gregory the Great
“For to those it is said, Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh (Coloss. iii. 22); and again, Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their masters worthy of all honour (1 Tim. vi. 1); but to these it is said, And…” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
“Masters, render to your servants justice and equity; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bond, free: but Christ is all, and in all.”” — editor's note: Col. iii. 18–25, iv. 1, iii. 11.
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Cross-references · 10
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.6.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in Letters Letter 4.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.6.