Colossians 3:18–19
Instructions for Christian Households
18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands,k as is fitting in the Lord.
Colossians 3:18–19 — English Standard Version (ESV)
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — New Living Translation (NLT)
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
Colossians 3:18–19 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — New Century Version (NCV)
18 Wives, yield to the authority of your husbands, because this is the right thing to do in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and be gentle with them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — American Standard Version (ASV)
18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
18 Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority.This is appropriate behavior for the Lord’s people. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be harsh with them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
18 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
Colossians 3:18–19 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
18 Wives, follow the lead of your husbands. That’s what the Lord wants you to do.
19 Husbands, love your wives. Don’t be mean to them.
Colossians 3:18–19 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.