Colossians 3:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
Colossians 3:18 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Colossians 3:189 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Colossians 3:18
“Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.” That is, be subject for God's sake, because this adorns you, he says, not them. For I mean not that subjection which is due to a master, nor yet that alone which is of nature, but that for God's sake.
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