Colossians 3:18
Wives, subordinate yourselves to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Family 35 New Testament
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 do not be embittered against them.
Cross References
Acts 5:29So in answer Peter and the Apostles said: “One must obey God rather than men.
1 Corinthians 14:34your wives should keep silent in the assemblies, for they are not permitted to speak, but to be in subordination, as the law also says.
Ephesians 5:22Wives, subordinate yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
Titus 2:4—so that they may instruct the young women 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 →