Ephesians 6:3
that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
In Context
2Honor your father and mother (this is the first commandment with a promise attached),
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 →