Ephesians 6:3
that it may be well with thee, and that thy life may be prolonged on the earth.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
In Context
2And the first commandment with promise, is this: Honor thy father and thy mother;
4And parents, anger not your children; but train them up in the discipline and doctrine of our Lord.
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 →