Colossians 3:18
Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
In Context
19Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;
Cross References
Genesis 3:16Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,—Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.
Acts 5:29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said—It is needful to be yielding obedience unto God rather than unto men:—
1 Corinthians 14:34As for the women, in the assemblies, let them be silent, for it is not permitted them to be speaking; but let them be in submission,—even as, the law, saith.
Ephesians 5:22Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,
Titus 2:4That they may constrain the young women 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 →