COL 3:18 Parallel View

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UST Wives must treat their husbands as the leaders in their families, since this is appropriate behavior for those whom God has united to the Lord.

BSB § Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

BLB Wives, submit yourselves to the husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

AICNT Wives, submit to your husbands as is fitting in the Lord.

OEB ¶ Wives, submit to your husbands, as befits those who belong to the Lord.

WEB Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

NET Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

LSV The wives: be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the LORD;

FBV You married women, respect your husbands appropriately in the Lord.

TCNT Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

T4T You women, be subject to your husbands, since that is what you should do because you have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus.

LEB Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

BBE Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord.

MOF No MOF COL book available

ASV Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

DRA Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it behoveth in the Lord.

YLT The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

DBY Wives, be subject to [your] husbands, as is fitting in [the] Lord.

RV Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

WBS Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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

BB Wiues, submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes, as it is comely in the Lorde.
(Wiues, submit your selves unto your own husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.)

GNV Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.
(Wiues, submit your selves unto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.)

CB Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE.
(Ye/You_all wives, submytte yourselves unto your(pl) hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORD.)

TNT Wyves submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes as it is comly in the Lorde.
(Wyves submit your(pl) selves unto your(pl) own husbands as it is comly in the Lord.)

WYC Wymmen, be ye sugetis to youre hosebondis, as it bihoueth in the Lord.
(Wymmen, be ye/you_all subjectis to your(pl) hosebondis, as it behoves in the Lord.)

LUT Ihr Weiber, seid untertan euren Männern in dem HErrn, wie sich‘s gebührt.
(Ihr women, seid untertan yours Männern in to_him HErrn, like sich‘s gebührt.)

CLV Mulieres, subditæ estote viris, sicut oportet, in Domino.

UGNT αἱ γυναῖκες, ὑποτάσσεσθε τοῖς ἀνδράσιν, ὡς ἀνῆκεν ἐν Κυρίῳ.
(hai gunaikes, hupotassesthe tois andrasin, hōs anaʸken en Kuriōi.)

SBL-GNT Αἱ γυναῖκες, ὑποτάσσεσθε ⸀τοῖς ἀνδράσιν, ὡς ἀνῆκεν ἐν κυρίῳ.
(Hai gunaikes, hupotassesthe ⸀tois andrasin, hōs anaʸken en kuriōi.)

TC-GNT Αἱ γυναῖκες, ὑποτάσσεσθε τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν, ὡς ἀνῆκεν ἐν Κυρίῳ.
(Hai gunaikes, hupotassesthe tois idiois andrasin, hōs anaʸken en Kuriōi.)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

αἱ γυναῖκες

¬The wives

Here Paul directly addresses the Wives in the audience. Use a form in your language that indicates that the speaker is singling out a specific group of people as the intended audience of the following words. Alternate translation: “You wives”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ὑποτάσσεσθε τοῖς ἀνδράσιν

/be_being/_subjected ˱to˲_your husbands

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form with a verb such as “obey” or “submit.” Alternate translation: “obey your husbands” or “submit to your husbands”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῖς ἀνδράσιν

˱to˲_your husbands

Here Paul does not explicitly state that wives must be subjected to “their own” husbands. However, Paul writes this sentence in such a way that the Colossians would have understood him to mean this. The ULT includes your because this is an essential part of what Paul is saying. Use a form in your language that specifies that Paul has each wife’s husband in mind. Alternate translation: “to your own husbands”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

ὡς

Here, the word as functions to introduce the reason why “wives” should “be subjected to” their husbands. If as does not indicate a reason in your language, you could express this idea using a causal word such as “since” or “because.” Alternate translation: “because this”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

ἀνῆκεν

/was/_fitting

The phrase is fitting refers to what or to whom something properly belongs. If is fitting would be misunderstood your language, you could express the idea by using a word or phrase that identifies proper behavior in specific circumstances. Alternate translation: “is suitable” or “suits your position”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν Κυρίῳ

in /the/_Lord

Paul uses the spatial metaphor in the Lord to describe the union of believers with Christ. In this case, being in the Lord or united to the Lord is the standard for how to behave. Alternate translation: “in your union with the Lord”

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