Colossians 3:20
18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
- KJV
- Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
- WEB
- Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
- ASV
- Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
- DARBY
- Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord.
- BLB
- Children, obey [your] parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
- ÅB
- Dere barn! vær lydige mot deres foreldre i alle ting! for dette er velbehagelig i Herren.
- OTB
- Barn, hør på deres foreldre i alt, for dette er til behag for Herren.
- B1930
- I barn! vær lydige mot eders foreldre i alle ting! for dette er velbehagelig i Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 20:12
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read in contextEphesians 6:1–3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Read in contextProverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Read in contextMatthew 19:19
honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Read in contextMatthew 15:4–6
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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.
Read in contextProverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
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