Ephesians 6:2
Honor your father and your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
In Context
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
3that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
Cross References
Matthew 15:4For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and your mother; and, He that curses father or mother shall surely be put to death.
Romans 13:7Render, therefore, to all their dues; tribute, to whom tribute is due; custom, to whom custom; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor is due.
Matthew Henry on Ephesians 6:2-10
Duties of Children to Parents; Duties of Servants to Masters. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in… Read the whole commentary →