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Colossians 3:18
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16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another ain psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.  
17 And awhatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.  

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18 aWives, submit to your own husbands, bas is fitting in the Lord.  
19 aHusbands, love your wives and do not be bbitter toward them.  
20 aChildren, obey your parents bin all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.  
21 aFathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.  
22 aBondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.  
23 aAnd whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,  
24 aknowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; bfor you serve the Lord Christ.  
25 But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and athere is no partiality. 
Verse Comparison: Colossians 3:18

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American Standard Version
Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Amplified® Bible
Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right {and} fitting {and} your proper duty in the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
A wife must put her husband first. This is her duty as a follower of the Lord.

Darby English Version
Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord.

Good News Bible
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, for that is what you should do as Christians.

International Standard Version
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

New American Standard Bible
Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

New International Version
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

New King James Version
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Wives, subject yourselves to your husbands, as seems fitting in the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;


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