Colossians 3:18
Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
In Context
19Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.
Acts 5:29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
1 Corinthians 14:34Let women keep quiet in the churches: for it is not right for them to be talking; but let them be under control, as it says in the law.
Ephesians 5:22Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord.
Titus 2:4Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:13-18
Love Recommended. ( a. d. 62.) 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of… Read the whole commentary →