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Colossians 3:18

Colossians 3:18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands,.... The apostle proceeds from those duties which related to them as church members one towards another, for their mutual good and edification, and the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Wives, submit yourselves ... - Notes on the parallel passage in Eph 5:21-24.

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Wives, submit yourselves - Having done with general directions, the apostle comes to particular duties, which are commonly called relative; because they only belong to persons in certain situations;…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Colossians 3:18-25

The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to relative duties, as before in the epistle to the Ephesians. The epistles which are most taken up in displaying the glory of divine grace, and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

18 4:1. Universal Holiness: relative duties

18. Wives Cp. 1Pe 3:1-6 and the close parallel, with its large expansion, Eph 5:22, &c.

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