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Love is a Continuous Action
Commentators explain that the command to 'love' is not about fleeting romance but a continuous, deliberate action. The Greek tense implies 'keep on loving.' This is a caring, self-devoted love that actively seeks the wife's well-being, a concept that was revolutionary in the ancient world.
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Colossians
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AT Robertson
On Colossians 3:19
Love your wives (αγαπατε τας γυναικας). Present active imperative, "keep on loving." That is precisely the point.
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Charles Ellicott
On Colossians 3:19
19th Century
Bishop
Do not be bitter.—Properly, do not grow bitter, do not allow yourselves to be exasperated. The word is used metaphorical…
Charles Spurgeon
On Colossians 3:19
19th Century
Preacher
Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Never say a bitter word against them; and, especially, never dishonour th…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Colossians 3:19
The ancient world was a man’s world, and even among the Jews the wife was often little more than chattel. Paul’s counsel in the present passage is …
John Gill
On Colossians 3:19
17th Century
Pastor
Husbands, love your wives (See Gill on Ephesians 5:25).
and be not bitter against them ;
turning lov…
Matthew Henry
On Colossians 3:18–25
17th Century
Minister
The epistles most concerned with displaying the glory of Divine grace and magnifying the Lord Jesus are also the most particular in emphasizing the…