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Col. 3:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Wives
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gune (Greek #1135)
a woman; specially, a wife
KJV usage: wife, woman.
Pronounce: goo-nay'
Origin: probably from the base of 1096
a, submit yourselves
hupotasso (Greek #5293)
to subordinate; reflexively, to obey
KJV usage: be under obedience (obedient), put under, subdue unto, (be, make) subject (to, unto), be (put) in subjection (to, under), submit self unto.
Pronounce: hoop-ot-as'-so
Origin: from 5259 and 5021
unto your own
idios (Greek #2398)
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
KJV usage: X his acquaintance, when they were alone, apart, aside, due, his (own, proper, several), home, (her, our, thine, your) own (business), private(-ly), proper, severally, their (own).
Pronounce: id'-ee-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
husbands
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
, as
hos (Greek #5613)
which how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
KJV usage: about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when(-soever), while, X with all speed.
Pronounce: hoce
Origin: probably adverb of comparative from 3739
it is fit
aneko (Greek #433)
to attain to, i.e. (figuratively) be proper
KJV usage: convenient, be fit.
Pronounce: an-ay'-ko
Origin: from 303 and 2240
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
the Lord
kurios (Greek #2962)
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
KJV usage: God, Lord, master, Sir.
Pronounce: koo'-ree-os
Origin: from κῦρος (supremacy)
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Eph. 5:22• 22Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord, (Eph. 5:22)
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Titus 2:4‑5• 4that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
 5discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. (Titus 2:4‑5)
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1 Peter 3:1• 1Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without the word by the conversation of the wives, (1 Peter 3:1)
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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 3:16• 16To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee. (Gen. 3:16)
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Esther 1:20• 20and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm--for it is great--all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least. (Esther 1:20)
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1 Cor. 11:3• 3But I wish you to know that the Christ is the head of every man, but woman's head is the man, and the Christ's head God. (1 Cor. 11:3)
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1 Cor. 14:34• 34Let your women be silent in the assemblies, for it is not permitted to them to speak; but to be in subjection, as the law also says. (1 Cor. 14:34)
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Eph. 5:22‑24,33• 22Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
 23for a husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ is head of the assembly. *He* is Saviour of the body.
 24But even as the assembly is subjected to the Christ, so also wives to their own husbands in everything.
 33But *ye* also, every one of you, let each so love his own wife as himself; but as to the wife I speak that she may fear the husband. (Eph. 5:22‑24,33)
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1 Tim. 2:12• 12but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness; (1 Tim. 2:12)
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Titus 2:4‑5• 4that they may admonish the young women to be attached to their husbands, to be attached to their children,
 5discreet, chaste, diligent in home work, good, subject to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be evil spoken of. (Titus 2:4‑5)
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1 Peter 3:1‑6• 1Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, that, even if any are disobedient to the word, they may be gained without the word by the conversation of the wives,
 2having witnessed your pure conversation carried out in fear;
 3whose adorning let it not be that outward one of tressing of hair, and wearing gold, or putting on apparel;
 4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
 5For thus also the holy women who have hoped in God heretofore adorned themselves, being subject to their own husbands;
 6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation. (1 Peter 3:1‑6)
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Acts 5:29• 29But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men. (Acts 5:29)
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Eph. 5:3• 3But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints; (Eph. 5:3)
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Eph. 6:1• 1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just. (Eph. 6:1)
• {vss. 18-22} The Apostle enters into the diverse relationships of life, giving warnings against that which would endanger them, by showing what the Christian character of each one of them is. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• {vss. 18-22} Where relationships exist, sin indeed has perverted everything and corrupted the will; passions come in; but the relationships themselves are of God: woe to him who despises them as such!...God has formed these relationships, and that whosoever fears God will respect them. Grace is requisite. They give occasion, through their intimacy itself, to all that is most painful, if grace does not act in them. (“Colossians 3” by J.N. Darby)
• {vss. 18-22} In each relationship and in each sphere, the subordinate one is addressed first. (“Earthly Relationships wherein Christ Is to Be Manifested: Colossians 3:18” by B. Anstey)
• The Christian wife is to “submit” to her husband, not because her husband insists on it, but because it is “fitting in the Lord.” (“Christ Expressed in the Family Circle: Colossians 3:18-21” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Wives, be subject to the husbandsa, as was fitting in [the] Lord.

WK Translation Notes

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The Revisers rightly omit "own."