Colossians 3:20
Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them.
21Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7And that Jacob had done as his father and mother said and had gone to Paddan-aram;
Leviticus 19:3Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to 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 →