Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things; for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
Noyes 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 be not bitter against them.
21Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:20Keep, O my son! the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the precepts of thy mother!
Proverbs 30:11There is a class of men that curse their fathers, And do not bless their mothers.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee they set light by father and mother; in thee are they guilty of oppression to the stranger; in thee do they oppress the fatherless and 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 →