I should like to read to you the introduction to Colossians in the Student Bible, a new and exciting version whose notes are written by our good friends, Philip Yancey and Timothy Stafford: You see them in strange outfits on street corners, chanting phrases with too many vowels and punctuating the chants with a noisy tambourine. Or in airports Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,” Explanation and Commentary of Colossians 3:23. The context is the case of bondservants serving their earthly masters. In the Roman world of the first century, bondservants were without rights or justice. 3 You have been raised to life with Christ, so set your hearts on the things that are in heaven, where Christ sits on his throne at the right side of God. 2 Keep your minds fixed on things there, not on things here on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you The Meaning of Colossians 3:23-24. The book of Colossians was written by the Apostle Paul, who wrote to the church in Colossae. In chapter 3, Paul is addressing how Christians should live and conduct themselves before God. He emphasizes the importance of putting off the old self and putting on the new self in Christ. .

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