Colossians 3:18-21

New International Version

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

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

²⁰Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

²¹Fathers,^[a] do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

Colossians 3:18-21

King James Version

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

¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

²¹Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

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

¹⁹^(D)Husbands, love your wives and do not be ^(E)bitter toward them.

²⁰^(F)Children, obey your parents ^(G)in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

²¹^(H)Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

New International Version (NIV)