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Colossians 3:18–19

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Exhortation to Households

3:18Wives, submit to your20 husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 3:19Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

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Footnotes

  1. 20 The article τοῖς (tois) with ἀνδράσιν (andrasin, “husbands”) has been translated as a possessive pronoun (“your”); see .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and don’t be bitter toward them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord.

Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.