Ephesians 6:3
“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
In Context
2“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 6:18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may be well with you and that you may enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God swore to give your fathers,
Deuteronomy 12:28Be careful to obey all these things I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
Ruth 3:1One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
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 →