colossians 3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

colossians 3:18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

18. 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."

colossians 3:18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

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