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Colossians 3:18
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The Christian Home(A)

18 (B)Wives, submit to your own husbands, (C)as is fitting in the Lord.

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Colossians 3:18
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Family Relations

18 (A)Wives, (B)be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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Colossians 3:18
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Family Relations

18 Wives, be [a]subject to your husbands [out of respect for their position as protector, and their accountability to God], as is proper and [b]fitting in the Lord.

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  1. Colossians 3:18 The wife is to submit voluntarily to her husband (not to men in general); not as inferior to him, nor in violation of her Christian ethics, but honoring her husband’s responsibilities and authority as head of the household.
  2. Colossians 3:18 I.e. not in conflict with Scripture.
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Colossians 3:18
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Instructions for Christian Households(A)

18 Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands,(B) as is fitting in the Lord.

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Colossians 3:18
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18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

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Ephesians 5:22
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Marriage—Christ and the Church(A)

22 Wives, (B)submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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Ephesians 5:22
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Marriage like Christ and the Church

22 (A)Wives, (B)subject yourselves to your own husbands, (C)as to the Lord.

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Ephesians 5:22
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Marriage Like Christ and the Church

22 Wives, be subject [a]to your own husbands, as [a service] to the Lord.

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  1. Ephesians 5:22 The wife to her husband, not to men in general; not as inferior to him, nor in violation of her Christian ethics, but honoring her husband as protector and head of the home, respecting the responsibility of his position and his accountability to God.
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Ephesians 5:22
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22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands(A) as you do to the Lord.(B)

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Ephesians 5:22
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22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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Ephesians 5:24
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24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands (A)in everything.

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Ephesians 5:24
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24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

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Ephesians 5:24
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24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also wives should be subject to their husbands in everything [respecting both their position as protector and their responsibility to God as head of the house].

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Ephesians 5:24
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24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(A) in everything.

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Ephesians 5:24
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24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.

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