Colossians 3:18
16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- KJV
- Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
- WEB
- Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- ASV
- Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- DARBY
- Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord.
- BLB
- Wives, submit yourselves to [your] husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- ÅB
- Dere hustruer! underordne dere under deres menn, som det sømmer seg i Herren!
- OTB
- Hustruer, tilpass dere deres ektemenn, som det sømmer seg i Herren.
- B1930
- I hustruer! underordne eder under eders menn, som det sømmer sig i Herren!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 5:22–6:9
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
Read in contextTitus 2:4–5
In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
Read in context1 Peter 3:1–6
Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Read in contextGenesis 3:16
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Read in context1 Timothy 2:12
I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.
Read in contextEsther 1:20
The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:34
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
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