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- Colossians
- Chapter 3
- Verse 18
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
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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…
Barnes' Notes
Wives, submit yourselves ... - Notes on the parallel passage in Eph 5:21-24.
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;…
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…
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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