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 Living Translation (NLT)Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord.

Context of Colossians 3:18

16Let 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. 17And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them. 20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well 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 3:16To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
• Esther 1:20When the king’s decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will honor their husbands, both great and small.”
• 1 Corinthians 11:3But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
• 1 Corinthians 14:34Let your women keep silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak; but they are to be submissive, as the law also says.
• Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
• 1 Timothy 2:12And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
• 1 Peter 3:1Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives,
• Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.
• Ephesians 5:3But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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

In the dictionaries

• In the Lord
• Admonish
• Bond
• Charity
• Covetousness
• Discourage
• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Fit
• Lord
• Marriage

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