Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all thing for that is well pleasing vnto the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.
21Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7And that Iaakob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan Aram:
Leviticus 19:3Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.
Proverbs 6:20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.
Proverbs 30:11There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.
Ezekiel 22:7In thee haue they despised father and mother: in the middes of thee haue they oppressed the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widowe.
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 →