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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:19 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 3:19 |
Strong Concordance |
Husbands [435], love [25] your wives [1135], and [2532] be [4087] not [3361] bitter [4087] against [4314] them [846]. |
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King James |
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Eph 5:22-33.)
be not bitter--ill-tempered and provoking. Many who are polite abroad, are rude and bitter at home because they are not afraid to be so there. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Husbands, love your wives ... - Notes, Eph 4:25-29. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Be not bitter (μὴ πικραίνεσθε)
Lit., be not embittered. Used only here by Paul. Elsewhere only in Revelation. The compounds παραπικραίνω to exasperate, and παραπικρασμός provocation, occur only in Heb 3:16; Heb 3:8, Heb 3:15. Compare Eph 4:31. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Be not bitter - (Which may be without any appearance of anger) either in word or spirit. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Be not bitter against them - Wherever bitterness is, there love is wanting. And where love is wanting in the married life, there is hell upon earth. |
22 Wives [1135], submit yourselves [5293] unto your own [2398] husbands [435], as [5613] unto the Lord [2962].
23 For [3754] the husband [435] is [2076] the head [2776] of the wife [1135], even [2532] as [5613] Christ [5547] is the head [2776] of the church [1577]: and [2532] he [846] is [2076] the saviour [4990] of the body [4983].
24 Therefore [235] as [5618] the church [1577] is subject [5293] unto Christ [5547], so [3779] [2532] let the wives [1135] be to their own [2398] husbands [435] in [1722] every thing [3956].
25 Husbands [435], love [25] your [1438] wives [1135], even as [2531] Christ [5547] also [2532] loved [25] the church [1577], and [2532] gave [3860] himself [1438] for [5228] it [846];
26 That [2443] he [846] might sanctify [37] and cleanse it [2511] with the washing [3067] of water [5204] by [1722] the word [4487],
27 That [2443] he might present [3936] it [846] to himself [1438] a glorious [1741] church [1577], not [3361] having [2192] spot [4696], or [2228] wrinkle [4512], or [2228] any [5100] such thing [5108]; but [235] that [2443] it should be [5600] holy [40] and [2532] without blemish [299].
28 So [3779] ought [3784] men [435] to love [25] their [1438] wives [1135] as [5613] their own [1438] bodies [4983]. He that loveth [25] his [1438] wife [1135] loveth [25] himself [1438].
29 For [1063] no man [3762] ever yet [4218] hated [3404] his own [1438] flesh [4561]; but [235] nourisheth [1625] and [2532] cherisheth [2282] it [846], even as [2531] [2532] the Lord [2962] the church [1577]:
30 For [3754] we are [2070] members [3196] of his [846] body [4983], of [1537] his [846] flesh [4561], and [2532] of [1537] his [846] bones [3747].
31 For [473] this cause [5127] shall [2641] a man [444] leave [2641] his [846] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384], and [2532] shall be joined [4347] unto [4314] his [846] wife [1135], and [2532] they two [1417] shall be [2071] one [1519] [3391] flesh [4561].
32 This [5124] is [2076] a great [3173] mystery [3466]: but [1161] I [1473] speak [3004] concerning [1519] Christ [5547] and [1519] [2532] the church [1577].
33 Nevertheless [4133] [2532] let [25] every one [1520] [1538] of you [5210] in particular [2596] so [3779] love [25] his [1438] wife [1135] even as [5613] himself [1438]; and [1161] the wife [1135] see that [2443] she reverence [5399] her husband [435].
25 Wherefore [1352] putting away [659] lying [5579], speak [2980] every man [1538] truth [225] with [3326] his [846] neighbour [4139]: for [3754] we are [2070] members [3196] one of another [240].
26 Be ye angry [3710], and [2532] sin [264] not [3361]: let [1931] not [3361] the sun [2246] go down [1931] upon [1909] your [5216] wrath [3950]:
27 Neither [3383] give [1325] place [5117] to the devil [1228].
28 Let [2813] him that stole [2813] steal [2813] no more [3371]: but [1161] rather [3123] let him labour [2872], working [2038] with his hands [5495] the thing which is good [18], that [2443] he may have [2192] to give [3330] to him that needeth [5532] [2192].
29 Let [4550] no [3361] [3956] corrupt [4550] communication [3056] proceed [1607] out of [1537] your [5216] mouth [4750], but [235] that which [1536] is good [18] to [4314] the use [5532] of edifying [3619], that [2443] it may minister [1325] grace [5485] unto the hearers [191].
31 Let [142] all [3956] bitterness [4088], and [2532] wrath [2372], and [2532] anger [3709], and [2532] clamour [2906], and [2532] evil speaking [988], be put away [142] from [575] you [5216], with [4862] all [3956] malice [2549]:
15 While [1722] it is said [3004], To day [4594] if [1437] ye will hear [191] his [846] voice [5456], harden [4645] not [3361] your [5216] hearts [2588], as [5613] in [1722] the provocation [3894].
8 Harden [4645] not [3361] your [5216] hearts [2588], as [5613] in [1722] the provocation [3894], in [2596] the day [2250] of temptation [3986] in [1722] the wilderness [2048]:
16 For [1063] some [5100], when they had heard [191], did provoke [3893]: howbeit [235] not [3756] all [3956] that came [1831] out of [1537] Egypt [125] by [1223] Moses [3475].