Colossians 3:19

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Summary

Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Love

Bitter

Bible References

Love

And the man said, "{She is now} bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh; {she} shall be called 'Woman,' for {she was taken} from man."

And Isaac brought her to the tent of Sarah his mother. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after [the death of] his mother.

May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which he gives you under the sun, because this [is] your lot in life and in the toil with which you toil under the sun.

But you ask, "{For what reason}?" Because Yahweh stands as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been unfaithful, even though she [is] your marriage partner and {your wife by covenant}.

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, {he cannot be} my disciple.

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

Husbands, in the same way live with [your wives] {knowledgeably}, as with the weaker female vessel, showing [them] honor as fellow heirs also of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Bitter

Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they will not become discouraged.

whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

All bitterness, and rage, and wrath, and clamor, and abusive speech, must be removed from you, together with all wickedness.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.