Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Maîtres, accordez à vos serviteurs ce qui est juste et équitable, sachant que vous aussi vous avez un maître dans le ciel.
KJV
Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Pseudo-Justinus Martyr
Epistula ad Diognetum
ἃ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ λαβὼν ἔχει, ταῦτα τοῖς ἐπιδεομένοις χορηγῶν θεὸς γίνεται τῶν λαμβανόντων, Eph. 6, 9 Col. 4, 1 οὗτος μιμητής ἐστι θεοῦ. τότε θεάσῃ τυγχάνων ἐπὶ γῆς, ὅτι θεὸς ἐν οὐρανοῖς πολιτεύεται, τότε μυστήρια θεοῦ λαλεῖν ἄρξῃ, τότε τοὺς κολαζομένους ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ θέλειν ἀρνήσασθαι…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
quod justum est et aequum servis praestate; scientes quod vester et illorum Dominus sit in coelo (Coloss. IV, 1) . De qua etiam re ita ait beatus Gregorius: « [Note: [Col. 0213D] Moral. in Job lib. XXI, cap. 10.] Potentibus viris magna est virtus humilitatis, considerata aequal…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
t obedite non ad oculum servientes (Ephes. VI, 6) , scientes quoniam unum Dominum in coelis habetis (Coloss. IV, 1) . Sciebat ergo hunc communem Dominum esse Jesum Christum; et ideo plenus fide ac charitate, devotus pro conservo rogat. Nec sane illum ad eum attulit, quia credebat…
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