Colossians 3:18 - Compare All Versions

Colossians 3:18 MSG (The Message)

Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master.

Colossians 3:18 KJV (King James Version)

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Colossians 3:18 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Colossians 3:18 NCV (New Century Version)

Wives, yield to the authority of your husbands, because this is the right thing to do in the Lord.

Colossians 3:18 ASV (American Standard Version)

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Colossians 3:18 NIV (New International Version)

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

Colossians 3:18 NKJV (New King James Version)

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

Colossians 3:18 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.

Colossians 3:18 NLT (New Living Translation)

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting for those who belong to the Lord.

Colossians 3:18 TPT (The Passion Translation)

Let every wife be supportive and tenderly devoted to her husband, for this is a beautiful illustration of our devotion to Christ.

Colossians 3:18 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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