Colossians 3:18
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Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.

submit.

Genesis 3:16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

Esther 1:20 And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 14:34 Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak but to be subject, as also the law saith.

Ephesians 5:22-24,33 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: . . .

1 Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.

Titus 2:4,5 That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children. . . .

1 Peter 3:1-6 In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives, . . .

as.

Acts 5:29 But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God rather than men.

Ephesians 5:3 But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not so much as be named among you, as becometh saints:

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just.

Context
Christian Households
17All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 18Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives and be not bitter towards them.…
Cross References
Esther 1:20
And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:9
For the fruit of the light is in all goodness and justice and truth:

Ephesians 5:22
Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:

1 Peter 3:1
In like manner also, let wives be subject to their husbands: that, if any believe not the word, they may be won without the word, by the conversation of the wives,

Lexicon
Wives,
γυναῖκες (gynaikes)
Noun - Vocative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1135: A woman, wife, my lady. Probably from the base of ginomai; a woman; specially, a wife.

submit
ὑποτάσσεσθε (hypotassesthe)
Verb - Present Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5293: From hupo and tasso; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey.

to [your]
τοῖς (tois)
Article - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

husbands,
ἀνδράσιν (andrasin)
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man.

as
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

is fitting
ἀνῆκεν (anēken)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 433: Is due, becoming, suitable, proper. From ana and heko; to attain to, i.e. be proper.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[the] Lord.
Κυρίῳ (Kyriō)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.


Additional Translations
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Wives, submit yourselves to the husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

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

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

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

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

Married women, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;
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