But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
God shows no favoritism to status, position, place in the household, religious profession, or importance of place, but everyone who does wrong will receive the due consequence for the wrong done. Those who serve Him by honoring Him and keeping His commandments will receive the reward of the inheritance from the Lord, while those who disobey Him will not. At Christ's coming those who do wrong will receive their wrong in being shut out of the heavenly courts and never seeing His face, so no swindlers, falsifiers, liars, adulterers, or cruel-minded persons will be there. In daily work negligent and slothful service is an offense against God as well as people and forms an unfaithful character, so work must be done wholeheartedly for the Lord with integrity and willing effort even when no human eye is watching, because God sees and repays each person fairly. Serving Christ does not excuse wrongdoing or exempt anyone from accountability, and wrongs between believers are not excused by status or religious profession.
Impartial Judgment and Reward
God shows no favoritism to status, position, place in the household, religious profession, or importance of place, and every person who does wrong will receive the due consequence and be repaid for the wrong done. Wrong actions bring a fitting answer and return from God, who sees and judges without partiality. Whatever is done is to be done heartily as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that the reward of the inheritance comes from the Lord in service to Christ.
The verse draws a clear distinction for the future between those who serve God by honoring Him and keeping His commandments and those who disobey Him. Those who serve the Lord Christ receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance, while those who disobey Him do not. To no one person is the whole work committed, but to every person his own work, and whatever a person's position he is not free from defects, so no one is to exalt self or another but all must guard against self-exaltation, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and covetousness.
At Christ's coming those who do wrong receive the outcome of their wrong in being shut out of the heavenly courts and never seeing His face. No swindlers, falsifiers, liars, adulterers, or cruel-minded persons will be there. By contrast those who purify their souls by obeying the truth will be taken by Christ, be raised or changed to immortal glorified bodies as sons of God, and be given wider and nobler work with sanctified physical, mental and moral powers in the new heaven and new earth wherein dwells righteousness. That purification means putting off fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, anger, malice, blasphemy and lying, and putting on the new man in mercy, kindness, humility, forgiveness and charity, thereby partaking of the divine nature and using entrusted talents uncorrupted in hearty service to Christ.
The warning belongs within the family and household instructions, where Christian conduct and obedience are accountable to God regardless of a person's place in the household. It belongs to the Lord's message to those not obeying Him and to the plain instruction in the third chapter of Colossians about what must be done in order to leave on the minds of unbelievers an impression favorable to the truth.
Faithful Service and Accountability
Negligent or slothful service is an offense against God as well as against people, and it forms an unfaithful character for which no worker can expect God's approval, since the one who does wrong will receive the due consequence for that wrong without favoritism or regard to status. The warning applies especially when no human director is watching, forbidding doing wrong or working carelessly, and requiring work done wholeheartedly for the Lord with integrity and willing effort because God sees and rewards each person fairly. All work is to be done heartily as to the Lord and not to men, for those who serve the Lord Christ receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance, yet the whole work is committed to no one person but to every person his own work. Whatever a person's position, he is not free from defects, no one is to exalt himself or another, and all must guard against self-exaltation, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and covetousness because wrongdoing will receive its due return from God with no respect of persons for position.
Service to Christ does not excuse wrongdoing or exempt anyone from accountability, for anyone who does wrong will receive the consequence of that wrong because God shows no partiality. This holds alongside the call to serve Christ wholeheartedly, so that wrongs between believers are not excused by status or religious profession. God gives no special favor because of a person's status or a place's importance, and He is not pleased when His resources are used to benefit favored institutions or people while work elsewhere is neglected, since He holds people accountable for the wrong they do.
The verse draws a clear distinction with regard to the future reward and the reward of the inheritance from the Lord between those who serve God by honoring Him and keeping His commandments and those who disobey Him, and it requires in this life separation from those who disobey God, Bible study, and development of the character that makes calling and election sure. It shows that God requires perfection, nothing less than perfection, with no respect of persons toward wrongdoing. To meet that requirement no confidence is to be put in self, and self is to be known and understood daily as not to be trusted. God's promises are to be grasped with firm faith and the Holy Spirit asked for with full realization of helplessness, so that when the Holy Spirit works self is given no glory but the Holy Spirit takes the heart into His keeping and brings to it all the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and believers are kept by the power of God through faith.
God shows no favoritism to status, position, place in the household, religious profession, or importance of place, but everyone who does wrong will receive the due consequence for the wrong done. Those who serve Him by honoring Him and keeping His commandments will receive the reward of the inheritance from the Lord, while those who disobey Him will not. At Christ's coming those who do wrong will receive their wrong in being shut out of the heavenly courts and never seeing His face, so no swindlers, falsifiers, liars, adulterers, or cruel-minded persons will be there. In daily work negligent and slothful service is an offense against God as well as people and forms an unfaithful character, so work must be done wholeheartedly for the Lord with integrity and willing effort even when no human eye is watching, because God sees and repays each person fairly. Serving Christ does not excuse wrongdoing or exempt anyone from accountability, and wrongs between believers are not excused by status or religious profession.
Impartial Judgment and Reward
God shows no favoritism to status, position, place in the household, religious profession, or importance of place, and every person who does wrong will receive the due consequence and be repaid for the wrong done. Wrong actions bring a fitting answer and return from God, who sees and judges without partiality. Whatever is done is to be done heartily as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that the reward of the inheritance comes from the Lord in service to Christ.
The verse draws a clear distinction for the future between those who serve God by honoring Him and keeping His commandments and those who disobey Him. Those who serve the Lord Christ receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance, while those who disobey Him do not. To no one person is the whole work committed, but to every person his own work, and whatever a person's position he is not free from defects, so no one is to exalt self or another but all must guard against self-exaltation, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and covetousness.
At Christ's coming those who do wrong receive the outcome of their wrong in being shut out of the heavenly courts and never seeing His face. No swindlers, falsifiers, liars, adulterers, or cruel-minded persons will be there. By contrast those who purify their souls by obeying the truth will be taken by Christ, be raised or changed to immortal glorified bodies as sons of God, and be given wider and nobler work with sanctified physical, mental and moral powers in the new heaven and new earth wherein dwells righteousness. That purification means putting off fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, anger, malice, blasphemy and lying, and putting on the new man in mercy, kindness, humility, forgiveness and charity, thereby partaking of the divine nature and using entrusted talents uncorrupted in hearty service to Christ.
The warning belongs within the family and household instructions, where Christian conduct and obedience are accountable to God regardless of a person's place in the household. It belongs to the Lord's message to those not obeying Him and to the plain instruction in the third chapter of Colossians about what must be done in order to leave on the minds of unbelievers an impression favorable to the truth.
Faithful Service and Accountability
Negligent or slothful service is an offense against God as well as against people, and it forms an unfaithful character for which no worker can expect God's approval, since the one who does wrong will receive the due consequence for that wrong without favoritism or regard to status. The warning applies especially when no human director is watching, forbidding doing wrong or working carelessly, and requiring work done wholeheartedly for the Lord with integrity and willing effort because God sees and rewards each person fairly. All work is to be done heartily as to the Lord and not to men, for those who serve the Lord Christ receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance, yet the whole work is committed to no one person but to every person his own work. Whatever a person's position, he is not free from defects, no one is to exalt himself or another, and all must guard against self-exaltation, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and covetousness because wrongdoing will receive its due return from God with no respect of persons for position.
Service to Christ does not excuse wrongdoing or exempt anyone from accountability, for anyone who does wrong will receive the consequence of that wrong because God shows no partiality. This holds alongside the call to serve Christ wholeheartedly, so that wrongs between believers are not excused by status or religious profession. God gives no special favor because of a person's status or a place's importance, and He is not pleased when His resources are used to benefit favored institutions or people while work elsewhere is neglected, since He holds people accountable for the wrong they do.
The verse draws a clear distinction with regard to the future reward and the reward of the inheritance from the Lord between those who serve God by honoring Him and keeping His commandments and those who disobey Him, and it requires in this life separation from those who disobey God, Bible study, and development of the character that makes calling and election sure. It shows that God requires perfection, nothing less than perfection, with no respect of persons toward wrongdoing. To meet that requirement no confidence is to be put in self, and self is to be known and understood daily as not to be trusted. God's promises are to be grasped with firm faith and the Holy Spirit asked for with full realization of helplessness, so that when the Holy Spirit works self is given no glory but the Holy Spirit takes the heart into His keeping and brings to it all the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness, and believers are kept by the power of God through faith.