Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
In Context
18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 2:23And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Romans 3:14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:19-25
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,… Read the whole commentary →