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Colossians 3:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. "
Colossians 3:18
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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Colossians 3:1
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God."
Colossians 3:2
"Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth."
Colossians 3:2
"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth."
Colossians 3:3
"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
Colossians 3:4
"When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."
Colossians 3:5
"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:"
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