Colossians 3:18 · KJV
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
— Colossians 3:18
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, {do} all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Husbands, love {your} wives, and be not bitter against them.
Colossians 3 — Context
Let 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 whatsoever ye do in word or deed, {do} all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
18Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19Husbands, love {your} wives, and be not bitter against them.
20Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Cross References
Ephesians 5:22
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Titus 2:4-5
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, {sober: or, wise}
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;
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. {to thy...: or, subject to thy husband}
1 Timothy 2:12
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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.