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Ephesians 6:1
1Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.
Ephesians 6:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- New International Version (NIV)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Context of Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just. 2Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, 3that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.
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Τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν ὑμῶν ἐν κυρίῳ· τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν δίκαιον.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ephesians 6:1
- Genesis 28:7and [that] Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-Aram.
- Genesis 37:13And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.
- Leviticus 19:3Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.
- Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;
- 1 Samuel 17:20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took his charge and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the wagon-defence; and the host which was going forth to the battle-array shouted for the fight.
- Esther 2:20(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)
- Proverbs 1:8Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
- Proverbs 6:20My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
- Proverbs 23:22Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;
- Jeremiah 35:14The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; and to this day they have drunk none, for they have obeyed their father's commandment. But I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened unto me.
- Luke 2:51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and he was in subjection to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
- Colossians 3:20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord.
- Ephesians 6:5Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;
- Romans 16:2that ye may receive her in [the] Lord worthily of saints, and that ye may assist her in whatever matter she has need of you; for she also has been a helper of many, and of myself.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in [the] Lord.
Commentaries on Ephesians 6:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Children, obey your parents - This is a duty with which God will never dispense; he commands it, and one might think that gratitude, from a sense of the highest obligations, would most strongly enforce the command. In the Lord - This clause is wanting in several reputable MSS., and in same versions. In the Lord may mean, on account of the commandment of the Lord; or, as far as the parents commands are according to the will and word of God. For surely no…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Children - ́ teknaThis word usually signifies those who are young; but it is used here, evidently, to denote those who were under the care and government of their parents, or those who were not of age. Obey your parents - This is the first great duty which God has enjoined on children. It is, to do what their parents command them to do. The God of nature indicates that this is duty; for he has impressed it on the minds of all in every age; and the Author…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The duties of children and parents. (1-4) Of servants and masters. (5-9) All Christians are to put on spiritual armour against the enemies of their souls. (10-18) The apostle desires their prayers, and ends with his apostolic blessing. (19-24) Verses 1-4 The great duty of children is, to obey their parents. That obedience includes inward reverence, as well as outward acts, and in every age prosperity has attended those distinguished for obedience to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The relationship between parents and children should reflect their devotion to the Lord. Christian children should obey their parents, and Christian parents should discipline their children gently (see Colossians 3:20–21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241. obey--stronger than the expression as to wives, "submitting," or "being subject" (Ep 5:21). Obedience is more unreasoning and implicit; submission is the willing subjection of an inferior in point of order to one who has a right to command. in the Lord--Both parents and children being Christians "in the Lord," expresses the element in which the obedience is to take place, and the motive to obedience. In Col 3:20, it is, "Children, obey your parents in…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ephesians 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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