Colossians 3:18-21
Wycliffe Bible
18 Women, be ye subject to your husbands, as it behooveth in the Lord.
19 Men, love ye your wives, and do not ye be bitter to them.
20 Sons, obey ye to your father and mother by all things; for this is well pleasing in the Lord.[a]
21 Fathers, do not ye provoke your sons to indignation, that they be not made feeble-hearted.
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- Colossians 3:20 Sons, obey to your father and mother in all things; forsooth this is well pleasing to the Lord.
Colossians 3:18-21
New Matthew Bible
18 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be grievous to them.
20 Children, obey your fathers and mothers in all things, for that is well pleasing to the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not berate your children, lest they be of a desperate mind.
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Colossians 3:18-21
1599 Geneva Bible
18 ¶ (A)[a]Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands, as it is [b]comely in the Lord.
19 (B)[c]Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter unto them.
20 ¶ (C)[d]Children, obey your parents in [e]all things: for that is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 [f]Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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- Colossians 3:18 He goeth from precepts which concern the whole civil life of man, to precepts pertaining to every man’s family, and requireth of wives, subjection in the Lord.
- Colossians 3:18 For those wives do not well, that do not set God in Christ before them in their love, but this Philosophy knoweth not.
- Colossians 3:19 He requireth of husbands, that they love their wives, and use them gently.
- Colossians 3:20 He requireth of children, that according to God’s Commandment they be obedient to their parents.
- Colossians 3:20 In the Lord, and so is it expounded, Eph. 5:19.
- Colossians 3:21 Of parents, that they be gentle towards their children.
Colossians 3:18-21
Authorized (King James) Version
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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