Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
KJV
Αἱ γυναῖκες, ὑποτάσσεσθε τοῖς ἀνδράσιν, ὡς ἀνῆκεν ἐν κυρίῳ.
Greek NT
Mulieres, subditæ estote viris, sicut oportet, in Domino.
Vulgate
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
ASV
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
ἀνήκω
aneko
verb · 3×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑποτάσσω
upotasso
verb · 38×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: τοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: τοῖς | RP: + ἰδίοις
- τοῖς — SBLGNT
- τοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἰδίοις — Robinson-Pierpont
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Themes
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6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2204"The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion, and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church."9 It is a community of faith, hope, and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.10
Q. What is God's will for you in the fifth commandment? A. That I honor, love, and be loyal to my father and mother and all those in authority over me; that I obey and submit to them, as is proper, when they correct and punish me; and also that I be patient with their failings — for through them God chooses to rule us.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Cor 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.
- 1Pet 3:1 — 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;
- 1Pet 3:1 — 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;
- 1Tim 2:11 — Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- 1Tim 2:12 — But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
- Acts 5:29 — Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Eph 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
- Eph 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
- Esth 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.
- Esth 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.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Ruth 1:8 — And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
- Titus 2:4 — That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
- Titus 2:5 — To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.