Charles Ellicott Commentary Colossians 3:19

"Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them." — Colossians 3:19 (ASV)

Do not be bitter.—Properly, do not grow bitter, do not allow yourselves to be exasperated. The word is used metaphorically only in this passage, literally in Revelation 8:11; Revelation 10:9–10.