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Colossians 3:19

Colossians 3:19
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

Husbands, love your wives,.... See Gill on Eph 5:25.

and be not bitter against them; turning love into hatred of their…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Husbands, love your wives ... - Notes, Eph 4:25-29.

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

Be not bitter against them - Wherever bitterness is, there love is wanting. And where love is wanting in the married…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Colossians 3:18-25

The apostle concludes the chapter with exhortations to relative duties, as before in the epistle to the Ephesians. The…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Husbands Cp. Eph 5:25-33; 1Pe 3:7.

love A word deepened and hallowed indefinitely by the Gospel, in reference to…