Colossians 3:18 “Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.”

Colossians 3:18

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

World English Bible

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

American Standard Version

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.

Darby Translation

Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord.

Young's Literal Translation

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

Bible in Basic English

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

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Cross references

“submit”

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Peter 3:1–6 Genesis 3:16 1 Timothy 2:12 Esther 1:20 1 Corinthians 14:34

1 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Peter 3:1–6 · BSB

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

Genesis 3:16 · BSB

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

1 Timothy 2:12 · BSB

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

Esther 1:20 · BSB

The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

“as”

Acts 5:29 Ephesians 5:3 Ephesians 6:1

Acts 5:29 · BSB

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Ephesians 5:3 · BSB

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Ephesians 6:1 · BSB

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17And 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.

19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

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