because you know that you will receive your ¹  inheritance ²  from the Lord as the reward. Serve ³  the Lord Christ.

biblegateway Col 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve.

knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord--you serve the Lord Christ.

[because you] know that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. Serve the Lord Christ.

biblegateway Col 3:24

since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

bibleoremus Col 3:24

since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.

knowing that there is a master who will give you an inheritance as a reward for your service. Christ is the master you must serve.

biblegateway Col 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

biblegateway Col 3:24

because you know that you will receive your ¹  inheritance ²  from the Lord as the reward. Serve ³  the Lord Christ.

¹ tn The article τῆς (ths) has been translated as a possessive pronoun, “your” (ExSyn 215). It may also be functioning to indicate a well-known concept (inheritance as eternal life). See BDAG 548 s.v. κληρονομία 3: “common in Christian usage (corresp. to the LXX) (the possession of) transcendent salvation (as the inheritance of God’s children).”

² tn The genitive τῆς κληρονομίας (th" klhronomia") is a genitive of apposition: The reward consists of the inheritance.

³ tn The form of the term δουλεύετε (douleuete) is ambiguous; it can be read as either indicative or imperative. In favor of the indicative: (1) it seems to explain better the first part of v. 24, esp. “from the Lord” which would then read as: “because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as a reward for it is the Lord you are serving.” The “for” is supplied to make the relation explicit (it is actually added in many mss – D¹ Ψ 075 Ï – but the best ms evidence is against its inclusion). (2) With the imperative, one might expect ὡς τῷ κυρίῳ (Jw" tw kuriw), as for example in Eph 6:7. In favor of the imperative: (1) an imperative resumes the ἐργάζεσθε (ergazesqe) in v. 23a and forms a chiasm with it; (2) an imperative makes more sense of the γάρ (gar) in v. 25a; (3) an imperative relates equally well to the preceding statement; (4) a parallel can be found in Rom 12:11 which uses an imperatival participle δουλεύοντες (douleuonte") with the dative τῷ κυρίῳ. For an elaboration of these points see M. J. Harris, Colossians and Philemon (EGGNT), 185-86.