Colossians 3:18

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wives, submit yourselves ... - Notes on the parallel passage in Ephesians 5:21-24 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is (n) fit in the Lord. (10) He goes from precepts which concern the whole civil life of...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1 . Certain Duties Interpreted in Relation to Christ. Cf. Ephesians 5:22-33 *. Col. omits the simile of Chr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

submit. See Ephesians 5:22 . husbands. App-123. fit . See Ephesians 5:4 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

18 Wives, be subject. Now follow particular duties, as they are called, (456) which depend on the calling of individuals. In handling these...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2189 THE RELATIVE DUTIES EXPLAINED Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1 . Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Wives, submit yourselves - Having done with general directions, the apostl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Unto your own husbands. 'Aleph (') A B C Delta G f g, Vulgate, omi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(18) As it is fit in the Lord. — For the explanation of this special fitness “in the Lord,” i.e., in virtue of Christian unity, see the grand des...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 d...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 Chr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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)...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands ,.... The apostle proceeds from those duties which related to them as church members one towards ano...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Ver. 18. Wives, submit yourselves ] Inferiors are ordered before super...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 begin...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Relative Duties. A. D. 62. 18 Wives, submi...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle, entering upon an exhortation to relative duties, begins first with that which wives owe to their husbands to whom they are married, by r...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Wives be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.' The position of wives as being ‘under their husbands' is not only taught but e...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 h...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 affe...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Colossians 3:1 . If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Oh! how ofte...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Wives submit yourselves unto your own husbands. The Christian family 1. In the family, Christianity has signally displayed its power of refinin...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Wives, submit — Or be subject to. It is properly a military term, alluding to that entire submission that soldiers pay to their general. Ephesians...

¹⁸ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Related Commentaries of Colossians 3:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Colossians 3:18