Colossians 3:19
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.
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
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.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
- KJV
- Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- WEB
- Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
- ASV
- Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- DARBY
- Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- BLB
- Husbands, love [your] wives and do not be bitter toward them.
- ÅB
- Dere menn! elsk deres hustruer og vær ikke bitre mot dem!
- OTB
- Ektemenn, elsk deres hustruer og vær ikke slemme mot dem.
- B1930
- I menn! elsk eders hustruer og vær ikke bitre mot dem!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
Read in contextGenesis 2:23–24
And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
Read in contextEphesians 5:25
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
Read in contextColossians 3:21
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Read in contextEphesians 5:28–29
In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
Read in contextEphesians 5:33
Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
Read in contextEphesians 4:31
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
Read in contextProverbs 5:18–19
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
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