Colossians 3:18 meaning and explanation
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
Colossians 3:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul writes to the church at Colossae, addressing wives within a household code that continues through verse 4:1. The Greek word hypotassÅ, "to submit" or "to arrange oneself under," here describes a voluntary ordering of life "as is fitting in the Lord," that is, within their allegiance to Christ.
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