Colossians 3:18-20

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Rules for Christian Households

¹⁸Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.^[a] ¹⁹Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. ²⁰Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.

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Footnotes

3.18–4.5 The whole passage corresponds closely to Eph 5.22–6.9.

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