Colossians 3:19

19 Husbands, love your wives and don't be harsh with them.

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Colossians 3:19 Meaning and Commentary

Colossians 5:19

Husbands, love your wives (See Gill on Ephesians 5:25).

and be not bitter against them;
turning love into hatred of their persons; ruling with rigour, and in a tyrannical manner; behaving towards them in a morose, churlish, and ill natured way; giving them either bitter words, or blows, and denying them their affection, care, provision, protection, and assistance, but using them as servants, or worse. All which is barbarous, brutish, and unchristian, and utterly unbecoming the Gospel.

Colossians 3:19 In-Context

17 Whatever you do, whether in speech or action, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus and give thanks to God the Father through him.
18 Wives, submit to your husbands in a way that is appropriate in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and don't be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, because this pleases the Lord.
21 Parents, don't provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them.

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