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Connecting Statement:
After speaking to masters, Paul ends his special instructions to the different kinds of believers in the church at Colossae.
right and fair
These words mean almost the same thing and are used to emphasize the things that are morally correct. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
you also have a master in heaven
God wants the relationship between an earthly master and his slave to be loving the way God, the heavenly master, loves his earthly servants, including the earthly slaves' masters.