Colossians 3:18

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, etc.] The apostle proceeds from those duties which related to them as church members one towards another, for their mutual good and edification, and the glory of God, to such as concerned them in their own houses and families, as in a natural relation to each other; as husbands and wives, parents and children, masters and servants; showing hereby, that the Gospel does not at all break in upon, but establishes the duties of common and civil life. Concerning the duty wives to their husbands, here exhorted to, (see Gill on “<490522>Ephesians 5:22”). The reason urging to a regard to it is, as it is fit in the Lord; that is, Christ, as the Syriac…”

“unto your own husbands--The oldest manuscripts omit "own," which crept in from Eph 5:22. as it is fit in the Lord--Greek, "was fit," implying that there was at Colosse some degree of failure in fulfilling this duty, "as it was your duty to have done as disciples of the Lord."”

“Wives, submit yourselves ... - Notes on the parallel passage in Ephesians 5:21-24. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Wives, submit - Or be subject to. It is properly a military term, alluding to that entire submission that soldiers pay to their general. Eph 5:22, &c. Colossians 3:19”

“3:18–4:1 This series of exhortations is called a household code. Paul gives instructions to wives (3:18), husbands (3:19), children (3:20), fathers (3:21), slaves (3:22-25), and masters (4:1). Such codes appear in Greco-Roman writers and elsewhere in the New Testament (see Eph 5:22–6:9; 1 Pet 2:18–3:7). 3:18 To submit is to recognize one’s place under someone else in a social order. Such submission always implies that God is at the top and that his will is paramount (cp. Acts 4:19-20; 5:29).”

“submit: Gen 3:16; Est 1:20; Co1 11:3, Co1 14:34; Eph 5:22-24, Eph 5:33; Ti1 2:12; Tit 2:4, Tit 2:5; Pe1 3:1-6 as: Act 5:29; Eph 5:3, Eph 6:1 Colossians 3:19”