Colossians 3:18
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And what soever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
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.
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 yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Read in contextTitus 2:4–5
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:3
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Read in context1 Peter 3:1–6
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Read in contextGenesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Read in contextEsther 1:20
And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
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