Colossians 3:19

In 9 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

ASV

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

LSV

the husbands: love your wives, and do not be bitter with them;

YLT

the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;

DBY

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

DRC

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them.

GNV

Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT

οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ μὴ πικραίνεσθε πρὸς αὐτάς.

RP2018

Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας, καὶ μὴ πικραίνεσθε πρὸς αὐτάς.

TR-Boyd

Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας, καὶ μὴ πικραίνεσθε πρὸς αὐτάς.

SCR1894

οι ανδρες αγαπατε τας γυναικας και μη πικραινεσθε προς αυτας

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Peter 3:7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
• Genesis 2:23–24And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.” For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and…
• Ephesians 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• Colossians 3:21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
• Ephesians 5:28–29In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.
• Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
• Ephesians 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• Proverbs 5:18–19May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
• Malachi 2:14–16Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Has not the LORD made…
• Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
• James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
• Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
• Romans 3:14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”

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