Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.
Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
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 →