Colossians 3:18
Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
In Context
19Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.
Cross References
Acts 5:29Peter and the other Apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than man.
1 Corinthians 14:34Let married women be silent in the Churches, for they are not permitted to speak. They must be content with a subordinate place, as the Law also says;
Ephesians 5:22Married women, submit to your own husbands as if to the Lord;
Titus 2:4They should school the young women to be affectionate to their husbands and to their children, to be sober-minded, pure in their lives,
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 →