Colossians 3:18
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
In Context
19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them.
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.
Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God, rather than men.
1 Corinthians 14:34Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith.
Ephesians 5:22Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:
Titus 2:4That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their 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 →