Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

New American Standard Bible

And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

King James Version

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Holman Bible

And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

International Standard Version

Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

A Conservative Version

And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.

American Standard Version

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

Amplified

You masters, do the same [showing goodwill] toward them, and give up threatening and abusive words, knowing that [He who is] both their true Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with Him [regardless of one’s earthly status].

An Understandable Version

And you masters should treat your slaves the same way; do not threaten them, knowing that God, who is both their Master and yours, is in heaven and He does not respect any particular person [over another].

Anderson New Testament

And you masters, do the same things to them, leaving off threatening, knowing that you yourselves have a master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

Common New Testament

Masters, do the same to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

Daniel Mace New Testament

and you masters have a just regard to them, by softning your authority: knowing that both their and your master is in heaven, where there is no respect of persons with him.

Darby Translation

And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.

Godbey New Testament

And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that their Master and yours is in the heavens, and that there is no respect of persons with him.

Goodspeed New Testament

You who are masters, too, must treat your slaves in the same way, and cease to threaten them, for you know that their Master and yours is in heaven, and that he will show no partiality.

John Wesley New Testament

And ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatning, knowing that your master is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

Julia Smith Translation

And, lords, do ye the same things to them, letting go threatening: knowing that also your own Lord is in the heavens; and distinction of persons is not with him.

King James 2000

And, you masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And masters, do the same [things] to them, giving up threats, knowing that both their Lord and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Modern King James verseion

And masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing that your Master also is in Heaven. There is no respect of persons with Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.

Moffatt New Testament

And as for you masters, act by your servants in the same way, and stop threatening them; be sure that they and you have a Lord and Master in heaven, and there is no partiality about him.

Montgomery New Testament

And you masters, show the same spirit to your slaves, and stop threatening them; for you know that your masters and theirs is in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons with him.

NET Bible

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

New Heart English Bible

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Noyes New Testament

And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening; knowing that both they and you have a Master in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons with him.

Sawyer New Testament

And, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, knowing also that their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

The Emphasized Bible

And ye masters, the same things, be doing towards them, forbearing your threat - knowing that, both their and your Master, is in the heavens, and, respect of persons, there is none, with him.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

And ye masters, do the same things to them, avoiding menacing language: knowing that you also yourselves have a master in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.

Twentieth Century New Testament

And masters, treat your slaves in the same spirit. Give up threatening them; for you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in Heaven, and that before him there is no distinction of rank.

Webster

And, ye masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Weymouth New Testament

And you masters, act towards your slaves on the same principles, and refrain from threats. For you know that in Heaven there is One who is your Master as well as theirs, and that merely earthly distinctions there are none with Him.

Williams New Testament

You slave-owners, too, must maintain the same attitude toward your slaves, and stop threatening them, for you know that their real Lord and yours is in heaven, and that He never shows partiality.

World English Bible

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

Worrell New Testament

And, masters, do the same thing to them, forbearing the threat; knowing that both their Master and yours is in Heaven, and there is no respect of persons with Him.

Worsley New Testament

And ye masters, do the same to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that ye yourselves also have a Master in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with Him.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ye
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

do
ποιέω 
Poieo 
do, make, bring forth, commit, cause, work, show, bear, keep, fulfil, deal, perform, not tr, , vr do
Usage: 372

the same things

Usage: 0

πρός 
Pros 
unto, to, with, for, against, among, at, not tr, , vr to
Usage: 412


Usage: 0

ἀνίημι 
Aniemi 
Usage: 4

ἀπειλή 
Apeile 
Usage: 4

εἴδω 
Eido 
Usage: 519

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

ὑμῶν 
Humon 
your, you, ye, yours, not tr.,
Usage: 371

κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

is
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

οὐρανός 
Ouranos 
Usage: 156

οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

is there
ἐστί 
Esti 
is, are, was, be, have, not tr, , vr is
Usage: 585

προσωποληψία 
Prosopolepsia 
Usage: 4

with
παρά 
Para 
of, with, from, by ... side, at, than,
Usage: 145

References

Context Readings

Slaves And Masters

8 In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free. 9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position. 10 Lastly, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his power.


Cross References

Job 31:13-15

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

John 13:13

You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

Acts 10:34

Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

Colossians 3:25-1

For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

Leviticus 19:13

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Leviticus 25:39-46

And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

Deuteronomy 15:11-16

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

Deuteronomy 24:14-15

Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,

Nehemiah 5:5

But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.

Nehemiah 5:8-9

And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.

Job 24:10-12

Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

Psalm 140:12

I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Isaiah 47:6

I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;

Isaiah 58:3-6

They say, Why have we kept ourselves from food, and you do not see it? why have we kept ourselves from pleasure, and you take no note of it? If, in the days when you keep from food, you take the chance to do your business, and get in your debts;

Daniel 3:6

And anyone not falling down and worshipping will that same hour be put into a burning and flaming fire.

Daniel 3:15

Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?

Daniel 5:19-20

And because of the great power he gave him, all peoples and nations and languages were shaking in fear before him: some he put to death and others he kept living, at his pleasure, lifting up some and putting others down as it pleased him.

Amos 8:4-7

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.

Matthew 7:12

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

Matthew 22:10

And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

Matthew 24:48

But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

Matthew 24:51

And will have him cut in two, and will give him a part in the fate of the false ones: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Luke 6:31

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Luke 12:45-46

But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;

Romans 2:11

For one man is not different from another before God.

1 Corinthians 1:2

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

Ephesians 6:5-7

Servants, do what is ordered by those who are your natural masters, having respect and fear for them, with all your heart, as to Christ;

Philippians 2:10-11

So that at the name of Jesus every knee may be bent, of those in heaven and those on earth and those in the underworld,

James 2:8

But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

James 2:13

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

James 5:4

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

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