Colossians 3:25

25 qui enim iniuriam facit recipiet id quod inique gessit et non est personarum acceptio

Colossians 3:25 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 3:25

But he that doth wrong
Which may be understood, both of servants that do wrong to their masters through sloth and idleness, neglecting their business, embezzling their masters' goods, and defrauding them of their substance; and of masters that injure their servants by withholding from them proper food, and raiment; by cheating them of their wages, either giving them none at all, or too little, or detaining them too long, and by giving them bad language, and hard blows, and such like severe usage:

shall receive for the wrong which he hath done;
either in this world, or in the other; God will avenge all such injuries, sooner or later; so that these words may be considered either as said with a view to deter servants from evil practices, or to comfort them under the maltreatment they may meet with from cruel masters:

and there is no respect of persons.
The Vulgate Latin and Arabic Versions add, "with God"; which undoubtedly is the sense; he regards not the rich more than the poor; he makes no difference between bond and free, the servant and the master; he will not take the part of the one, because he is a master, nor neglect, the other, because he is a servant, but will do that which is just and right with regard to them both; (See Gill on Ephesians 6:9).

Colossians 3:25 In-Context

23 quodcumque facitis ex animo operamini sicut Domino et non hominibus

24 scientes quod a Domino accipietis retributionem hereditatis Domino Christo servite

25 qui enim iniuriam facit recipiet id quod inique gessit et non est personarum acceptio