Colossians 3:20
Ye children! be obedient unto your parents in all things, for, this, is, well pleasing, in the Lord;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19Ye husbands! be loving your wives, and be not embittered against them;
21Ye fathers! be not irritating your children, lest they be disheartened;
Cross References
Genesis 28:7And that Jacob hearkened unto his father and unto his mother,—and took his journey to Padan-aram.
Leviticus 19:3Ye shall, every one, revere, his father and his mother, And my sabbaths, shall ye observe,—I—Yahweh, am your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say—Amen.
Proverbs 6:20Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:
Proverbs 30:11A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother, have they despised in thee, To the sojourner, have they dealt with oppression in the midst of thee,— The fatherless and the widow, have they maltreated in thee:
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 →