Colossians 3:19
Married men, be affectionate to your wives, and do not treat them harshly.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
In Context
18Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
20Children be obedient to your parents in everything; for that is right for Christians.
Cross References
Romans 3:14"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."
Ephesians 5:25Married men, love your wives, as Christ also loved the Church and gave Himself up to death for her;
Ephesians 5:33Yet I insist that among you also, each man is to love his own wife as much as he loves himself, and let a married woman see to it that she treats her husband with respect.
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 →