Colossians 3:20–25: Obedience in School Before Christ
Colossians 3:20–25 places obedience inside a life reordered around Christ, where children obey parents as pleasing to the Lord and servants work for a Master who sees. The measure is never human approval, and no authority stands outside Christ's judgment.
Colossians 3:23–24: Study as Work for the Lord
Colossians 3:23–24 places unseen study under the Lord's eye and grounds diligence in an inheritance he gives, not in an exam result. This article reads the verse in context and then applies it to preparing for a government job.