Colossians 3:20
Children, obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in Lord.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19Husbands, love the wives and do not be made bitter against them.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so that they may not be discouraged.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram.
Leviticus 19:3Every man shall fear his mother, and his father. And ye shall keep my Sabbaths. I am LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee they have made light of father and mother. In the midst of thee they have dealt with the sojourner by oppression. In thee they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:19-25
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,… Read the whole commentary →