Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
3 “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- KJV
- Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- WEB
- Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- ASV
- Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- DARBY
- Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.
- BLB
- Children, obey your⁺ parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- ÅB
- Dere barn! vær lydige mot deres foreldre i Herren! for dette er rett.
- OTB
- Barn, adlyd deres foreldre som er passende i Herren, for dette er det rette å gjøre.
- B1930
- I barn! vær lydige mot eders foreldre i Herren! for dette er rett.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:20–25
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Read in contextProverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Read in contextProverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Read in contextColossians 3:16–17
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Read in contextProverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:18
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,
Read in contextRomans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:3
Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
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