Colossians 3:18 KJV
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Thou and Ye
- yourselves, your more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- And to practise the duties of wives and husbands, children, parents, and servantsThe 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...
Thompson Chains
- Woman (3)See the chain from Genesis 3:16 · 7 links
- Wives' DutyLink 4 of 6 · next Titus 2:4
Cross References
- Ephesians 5:22–6:9 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. …
- 1 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.
- 1 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; …
- 1 Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
- Titus 2:4–5 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, …
- Genesis 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.
- Esther 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.
- 1 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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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Colossians
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Greek and Strong’s
- Wives Αἱ Hai Article · second person, vocative feminine plural γυναῖκες gynaikes γυνή Noun · vocative feminine plural
- submit yourselves ὑποτάσσεσθε hypotassesthe ὑποτάσσω Verb · present passive imperative, second person plural
- unto your own τοῖς tois Article · dative masculine plural ἰδίοις idiois ἴδιος Article · dative masculine plural
- husbands ἀνδράσιν andrasin ἀνήρ Noun · dative masculine plural
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- it is fit ἀνῆκεν anēken ἀνήκω Verb · imperfect active indicative, third person singular
- in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
- the Lord Κυρίῳ Kyriō κύριος Noun · dative masculine singular
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