Colossians 3:18

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Colossians 3:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

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

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 3:16

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Esther 1:20

The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Corinthians 14:34

Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

Ephesians 5:23

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

Ephesians 5:24

Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:33

Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

1 Timothy 2:12

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

Titus 2:4

In this way they can train the young women to love their husbands and children,

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.

1 Peter 3:1

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

1 Peter 3:2

when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

1 Peter 3:3

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

1 Peter 3:4

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

1 Peter 3:5

For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

1 Peter 3:6

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

Ephesians 5:3

But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed.

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.