Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
In Context
2“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with promise),
Cross References
Genesis 37:13Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers tending the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” Joseph said to him, “I am ready.”
Genesis 50:12So his sons did for Jacob just as he had instructed them.
Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, even though they correct him, will not listen to them;
1 Samuel 17:20David got up early in the morning and left the flock in the care of a shepherd. He took the supplies and left, as Jesse commanded him. He came to the camp as the army was going out to the battlefield shouting the war cry.
Esther 2:20Esther had not yet told anyone about her relatives or her people, as Mordecai had instructed her. She continued to follow Mordecai's advice, as she had done when she was raised by him.
Psalms 19:8The instructions of Yahweh are right, making the heart glad; 1 the commandment of Yahweh is pure, bringing light to the eyes. 1
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 →