Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
World English Bible Catholic
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 don’t be bitter against them.
21Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan Aram.
Leviticus 19:3“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged 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 →