Colossians 3:18
The wives: be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the LORD;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
In Context
19the husbands: love your wives, and do not be bitter with them;
Cross References
Genesis 3:16To the woman He said, “Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire [is] toward your Man [[ or husband]], and He [[ or he]] will rule over you.”
Acts 5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, “It is required to obey God, rather than men;
1 Corinthians 14:34Your women, let them be silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted to them to speak, but to be subject, as the Law also says;
Ephesians 5:22The wives: [subject yourselves] to your own husbands, as to the LORD,
Titus 2:4that they may make the young women sober-minded, to be lovers of [their] husbands, lovers of [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 →