Colossians 3:18
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
ὑποτάσσω
To submit, to place under, to be subject to. Hupotasso. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Submission is not weakness. It is the posture of security and strength.
κύριος
the] Lord.
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κύριος
Lord, master, owner. Kurios. Jesus is Lord. The foundational confession of Christianity. Lord means owner. To confess Jesus as Lord is to surrender ownership of your life.
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ἴδιος
to your own
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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γυνή
wives,
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γυνή
a woman; specially, a wife
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