Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
The gospel's highest truths breed the plainest duties. Wives must submit to their own husbands as fitting in the Lord, not from fear but from the order God Himself established; husbands must love them in return, never bitter. The privileges of grace and the obligations of our station must never be torn asunder.
AI summary
Commenting on Colossians 3:18-25
Do your work heartily, not grudgingly or by mere force, but with genuine affection for those you serve. When you labor as to the Lord and not to men, you labor from the heart, with real good will, that is the measure of serving Him.
AI summary
And--omitted in the oldest manuscripts (compare Eph 6:7-8). Compare the same principle in the case of all men, Hezekiah (Ch2 31:21; Rom 12:11). do, do it--two distinct Greek verbs, "Whatsoever ye do, work at it" (or "labor at" it). heartily--not from servile constraint, but with hearty good will.