Colossians 3:18

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

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

Latin

Mulieres, subditæ estote viris, sicut oportet, in Domino.

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English

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

Notes

Colossians 3:18

To submit means understanding your position below someone else in a society. This submission always suggests that God is at the top and his will is most important (see Acts 4:19–20; 5:29).

Colossians 3:18–4:1

This series of teachings is called a household code. Paul instructs wives (3:18), husbands (3:19), children (3:20), fathers (3:21), slaves (3:22–25), and masters (4:1). Similar codes are found in Greco-Roman writings and other parts of the New Testament (see Ephesians 5:22–6:9; 1 Peter 2:18–3:7).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) The Household

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Colossians 3:18

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