Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
In Context
2Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:
Cross References
Genesis 37:13Israel said to him : Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:
Genesis 50:12So the sons of Jacob did as he had commanded them.
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience:
1 Samuel 17:20David therefore arose in the morning, and gave the charge of the flock to the keeper: and went away loaded as Isai had commanded him. And he came to the place of Magala, and to the army, which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.
Esther 2:20Neither had Esther as yet declared her country and people, according to his commandment. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one.
Psalms 19:8The law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.
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 →