Ephesians 6:2

Ephesians 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
• New International Version (NIV)“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise),
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise:

Context of Ephesians 6:2

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3“that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” 4And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:2 word by word

τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ πρώτη ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Honourτιμάωtimaō · to honorG5091
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• commandmentἐντολήentolē · commandmentG1785
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860

Cross-references for Ephesians 6:2

• Exodus 20:12“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
• Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
• Jeremiah 35:18And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts and done according to all that he commanded you,
• Ezekiel 22:7In you they have made light of father and mother; in your midst they have oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the fatherless and the widow.
• Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the Lord of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, ‘In what way have we despised Your name?’
• Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’
• Mark 7:9He said to them, “All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
• Romans 13:7Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

Commentaries on Ephesians 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Honor thy father - See the notes on Exodus 20:12, etc., where this subject, together with the promises and threatenings connected with it, is particularly considered, and the reasons of the duty laid down at large.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Honour thy father and mother - see Exodus 20:12; compare notes on Matthew 15:4. Which is the first commandment with promise - With a promise annexed to it. The promise was, that their days should be long in the land which the Lord their God would give them. It is not to be supposed that the observance of the four first commandments would not be attended with a blessing, but no particular blessing is promised. It is true, indeed, that there is a “general…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. 22. Here the authority of revealed law is added to that of natural law. which is ... promise--The "promise" is not made the main motive to obedience, but an incidental one. The main motive is, because it is God's will (De 5:16, "Honor thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath COMMANDED thee"); and that it is so peculiarly, is shown by His accompanying it "with a promise." first--in the decalogue with a special promise. The promise in the second…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 6:2

• Children
• Mother
• Quotations and Allusions
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In the dictionaries

• Ephesians, Epistle to
• Nurture
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• Provoke
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• Ephesians, Epistle to the
• Justification
• Law in the New Testament
• Pauline Theology
• Quotations in the New Testament

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