“ Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. ”
Husbands, love your wives ... - Notes, Ephesians 4:25-29 .
(11) Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them. (11) He requires of husbands that they love their wives, and treat them gently.
Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1 . Certain Duties Interpreted in Relation to Christ. Cf. Ephesians 5:22-33 *. Col. omits the simile of Christ and the Church. A reason is given why fathers...
be... bitter . Greek. pikraino. Only here, Revelation 8:11 ; Revelation 10:9 ; Revelation 10:10 .
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Be not bitter against them - Wherever bitterness is, there love is wanting. And where love is wanting in the married life, there is hell u...
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Be not bitter - ill-tempered, provoking. Many polite abroad are rude at home, because they are not afraid there. ( Ephesians 4:31 ;...
The Christian's Risen Life and the Duties it entails 1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life. Paraphrase ] '(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ's death only...
[ 6. Special Exhortation as to the relations of life. (1) THE DUTY OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS ( Colossians 3:18-19 ). (2) THE DUTY OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS ( Colossians 3:20-21 ). (3) THE DUTY OF...
Chapter 3 THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1 (R.V.) This chapter deals with the Christian family, as made up of husband and wife, children, and servants. In the family,...
Home and Business Relations Colossians 3:18-25 ; Colossians 4:1 From these high flights into the eternal and divine, Paul turns to the daily duties of the home, and demands that in the simples...
The believer is to "seek the things... above." The word "seek" marks aspiration, desire, and passion. The things above are those of the empire of Christ. In order to seek these things the mind must b...
(18) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. (19) Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (20) Children, obey your parents in all things: for thi...
Husbands, love your wives ,.... Ephesians 5:25 . and be not bitter against them ; turning love into hatred of their persons; ruling with rigour, and in a tyrannical manner; behaving towards them...
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. Ver. 19. Husbands, love your wives ] He saith not, Rule over them, subdue them if they will not submit, but love them, and so win them...
Wives, submit yourselves Or be subject; to your own husbands Whether they be Christians or heathen. See on Ephesians 5:22 . As it is fit Both in regard of God's command, and the evil that woul...
CHANGING THE OLD FOR THE NEW (vs.1-11) We have seen some practical exhortations mingled with the doctrine of this epistle. Now this chapter begins what is mainly practical instruction based on th...
Relative Duties. A. D. 62. 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit...
The husband's duty is love, which the apostle doth ever inculcate from the most obliging considerations when he speaks of this relation; see Matthew 19:6 1 Corinthians 7:3 , with Ephesians...
‘Husbands love your wives and do not be harsh against them.' The corollary to the wife's subjection is the husband's loving concern. Husband's are to behave to their wives as Christ to the church, c...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Colossians 3:18 . As it is fit in the Lord. —See Ephesians 5:22 . The feeling of propriety St. Paul emphasises here, and limits it “in the Lord.” Colossians 3:1...
Colossians 3:1-2 . If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth....
Colossians 3:1 . If ye then be risen with Christ, above the darkness and torpor of the present world, as in Colossians 2:20 , live in conformity to your hope, by seeking those things that are ab...
EXPOSITION Colossians 3:1-51 SECTION VII . THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE . The apostle, having delivered his attack on the system of error inculcated at Colossae, now passes from the c...
The conduct of Christians in various stations in life:
1 Peter 3:7 ; Colossians 3:21 ; Ecclesiastes 9:9 ; Ephesians 4:31 ; Ephesians 5:25 ; Ephesians 5:28 ; Ephesians 5:29 ; Ephesians 5:33 ; Genesis 2:23 ; Genesis 2:24 ; Genesis 24:67 ; James...
Practical Christian Living Colossians 3:15-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. 2. The call of God to the Church, His Body. 3. Be ye thankful. 4. Let t...
Be not bitter — (Which may be without any appearance of anger) either in word or spirit.