Colossians 3:18-19 - Compare All Versions

Colossians 3:18-19 NIV (New International Version)

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

Colossians 3:18-19 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.

Colossians 3:18-19 NLT (New Living Translation)

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.

Colossians 3:18-19 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.  Husbands,  love your wives  and don’t be bitter  toward them.

Colossians 3:18-19 KJV (King James Version)

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Colossians 3:18-19 NKJV (New King James Version)

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

Colossians 3:18-19 MSG (The Message)

Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master. Husbands, go all out in love for your wives. Don’t take advantage of them.

Colossians 3:18-19 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not become bitter against them.

Colossians 3:18-19 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Wives, be subject to your husbands [out of respect for their position as protector, and their accountability to God], as is proper and fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives [with an affectionate, sympathetic, selfless love that always seeks the best for them] and do not be embittered or resentful toward them [because of the responsibilities of marriage].

Colossians 3:18-19 NET (New English Translation)

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.