Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
In Context
2Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise,
Cross References
Genesis 37:13And Israel said to Joseph, Are not thy brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send thee to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
Genesis 50:12And his sons did to him according as he commanded them.
Deuteronomy 21:18If 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 chasten him, will not hearken to them,
1 Samuel 17:20And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the place of the wagons as the army which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.
Esther 2:20Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her. For Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, as when she was brought up with him.
Psalms 19:8The precepts of LORD are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 6:1
In this chapter, I. The apostle proceeds in the exhortation to relative duties which he began in the former, particularly he insists on the duties of children and parents, and of servants and masters, ver. 1-9 . II. He exhorts and directs Christians how to behave themselves in the spiritual warfare with the enemies of their souls; and to the exercise of several Christian graces, which he proposes to them as so many pieces of spiritual armour, to preserve and defend them in the conflict, ver. 10-18 . III. We have… Read the whole commentary →