Colossians 3:20

Colossians 3:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord.

Context of Colossians 3:20

18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. 22Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Colossians 3:20 word by word

Τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν κατὰ πάντα· τοῦτο γὰρ εὐάρεστόν ἐστιν ἐν κυρίῳ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Childrenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Childrenτέκνονteknon · childG5043
• obeyὑπακούωhupakouō · to obeyG5219
• parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• all thingsπᾶςpas · allG3956
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• well pleasingεὐάρεστοςeuarestos · well-pleasingG2101
• unto the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962

Cross-references for Colossians 3:20

• Genesis 28:7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
• Exodus 20:12"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
• Leviticus 19:3Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
• Deuteronomy 21:18"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,
• Deuteronomy 27:16"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
• Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.
• Proverbs 20:20If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
• Proverbs 30:11There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
• Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
• Malachi 1:6"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'
• Matthew 15:4For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'
• Matthew 19:19Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
• Colossians 3:22Bondservants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.
• Ephesians 5:24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.
• Colossians 1:10so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Commentaries on Colossians 3:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Children, obey - in all things - That is, in the Lord - in every thing that your parents command you, which is not contrary to the will or word of God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Children, obey your parents … - Notes, Ephesians 6:1-4.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-25Verses 18-25 The epistles most taken up in displaying the glory of the Divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular in pressing the duties of the Christian life. We must never separate the privileges and duties of the gospel. Submission is the duty of wives. But it is submission, not to a severe lord or stern tyrant, but to her own husband, who is engaged to affectionate duty. And husbands must love their wives with tender and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-25This series of teachings is called a household code. Paul instructs wives (3:18), husbands (3:19), children (3:20), fathers (3:21), slaves (3:22–25), and masters (4:1). Similar codes are found in Greco-Roman writings and other parts of the New Testament (see Ephesians 5:22–6:9; 1 Peter 2:18–3:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. (Ep 6:1.) unto the Lord--The oldest manuscripts read, "IN the Lord," that is, this is acceptable to God when it is done in the Lord, namely, from the principle of faith, and as disciples in union with the Lord.Read the comment

Topics related to Colossians 3:20

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• Discourage
• Ephesians, Epistle to
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Commentaries on Colossians 3

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings