Ephesians 6:3

Ephesians 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

Context of Ephesians 6:3

1Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just. 2Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth. 4And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord. 5Bondmen, obey masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ;

Ephesians 6:3 word by word

ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται καὶ ἔσῃ μακροχρόνιος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.¶Read the interlinear

• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• earthγῆgē · earth: countryG1093

Cross-references for Ephesians 6:3

• Deuteronomy 4:40And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days on the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.
• Deuteronomy 5:16Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
• Deuteronomy 6:3And thou shalt hear, Israel, and take heed to do [them]; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase greatly, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Deuteronomy 12:25thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
• Deuteronomy 22:7thou shalt in any case let the dam go, and thou mayest take the young to thee, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
• Ruth 3:1And Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
• Psalms 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
• Isaiah 3:10Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well [with him], for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
• Jeremiah 42:6Whether it be good or whether it be evil, we will hearken unto the voice of Jehovah our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us when we hearken unto the voice of Jehovah our God.

Commentaries on Ephesians 6:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3That it may be well with thee - This is found in the fifth commandment as recorded in Deuteronomy 5:16. The whole commandment as there recorded is, “Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” The meaning here is, that they would be more happy, useful, and virtuous if they obeyed their parents than if they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Children who honor and respect their parents also honor and respect God. This leads to blessings.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. long on the earth--In Ex 20:12, "long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee," which Paul adapts to Gospel times, by taking away the local and limited reference peculiar to the Jews in Canaan. The godly are equally blessed in every land, as the Jews were in the land which God gave them. This promise is always fulfilled, either literally, or by the substitution of a higher blessing, namely, one spiritual and eternal (Job 5:26; Pr 10:27). The…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 6:3

• Children
• Quotations and Allusions
• Reward

In the dictionaries

• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Nurture
• Obey
• Provoke
• Wrestle
• Ephesians, Epistle to the
• Justification

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