Colossians 3:20
the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
In Context
19the husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;
21the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.
Cross References
Genesis 28:7that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram —
Leviticus 19:3'Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 27:16'Cursed [is] He who is making light of his father and his mother, — and all the people have said, Amen.
Proverbs 6:20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
Proverbs 30:11A generation [is], that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.
Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother made light of in thee, To a sojourner they dealt oppressively in thy midst, Fatherless and widow they oppressed 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 →