Colossians 3:18

Colossians 3:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Context of Colossians 3:18

16Let Christ’s word with all its wisdom and richness live in you. Use psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to teach and instruct yourselves about ⌞God’s⌟ kindness. Sing to God in your hearts. 17Everything you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. This is appropriate behavior for the Lord’s people. 19Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be harsh with them. 20Children, always obey your parents. This is pleasing to the Lord.

Colossians 3:18 word by word

Αἱ γυναῖκες, ὑποτάσσεσθε τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ὡς ἀνῆκεν ἐν κυρίῳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Wivesγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• submit yourselvesὑποτάσσωhupotassō · to subjectG5293
• unto your ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• husbandsἀνήρanēr · man: husbandG435
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• it is fitἀνήκωanēkō · be fittingG433
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for Colossians 3:18

• Genesis 3:16He said to the woman, “I will increase your pain and your labor when you give birth to children. Yet, you will long for your husband, and he will rule you.”
• Esther 1:20When you issue your decree, your whole kingdom, great as it is, will hear it. Then all the wives will honor their husbands, regardless of their status.”
• 1 Corinthians 11:3However, I want you to realize that Christ has authority over every man, a husband has authority over his wife, and God has authority over Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 14:34the women must keep silent. They don’t have the right to speak. They must take their place as Moses’ Teachings say.
• Ephesians 5:22Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority as you have placed yourselves under the Lord’s authority.
• 1 Timothy 2:12I don’t allow a woman to teach or to have authority over a man. Instead, she should be quiet.
• 1 Peter 3:1Wives, in a similar way, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. Some husbands may not obey God’s word. Their wives could win these men ⌞for Christ⌟ by the way they live without saying anything.
• Acts 5:29Peter and the other apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than people.
• Ephesians 5:3Don’t let sexual sin, perversion of any kind, or greed even be mentioned among you. This is not appropriate behavior for God’s holy people.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents because you are Christians. This is the right thing to do.

Commentaries on Colossians 3:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Wives, submit yourselves - Having done with general directions, the apostle comes to particular duties, which are commonly called relative; because they only belong to persons in certain situations; and are not incumbent on all. No woman has the duty of a wife to perform but she who is one, and no man has the duty of a husband to perform but he who is married. The directions here to wives, husbands, children, parents, servants, and masters, are so exactly…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Wives, submit yourselves … - Notes on the parallel passage in Ephesians 5:21-24.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 The epistles most taken up in displaying the glory of the Divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular in pressing the duties of the Christian life. We must never separate the privileges and duties of the gospel. Submission is the duty of wives. But it is submission, not to a severe lord or stern tyrant, but to her own husband, who is engaged to affectionate duty. And husbands must love their wives with tender and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18To submit means understanding your position below someone else in a society. This submission always suggests that God is at the top and his will is most important (see Acts 4:19–20; 5:29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. unto your own husbands--The oldest manuscripts omit "own," which crept in from Ep 5:22. as it is fit in the Lord--Greek, "was fit," implying that there was at Colosse some degree of failure in fulfilling this duty, "as it was your duty to have done as disciples of the Lord."Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 3:18

• Family
• Husband
• Wife

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• In the Lord
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• Ephesians, Epistle to
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Commentaries on Colossians 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings