Ephesians 6:1 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

KJV

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ASV

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

WEB

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

YLT

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

DBT

Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.

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Ephesians — The cosmic letter. Chapters 1–3 set out what believers are in Christ — positional truth stretching from before the foundation to the fullness of times. Chapters 4–6 call the believer to walk worthy of it.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 60–62, from Roman imprisonment

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Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Colossians 3:20–25
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Proverbs 23:22
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs 3:2
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Deuteronomy 5:16
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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Experience shews how rare this virtue is; for do we find one among a thousand that is obedient to his parents? By a figure of speech, a part is here put for the whole, but it is the most important part, and is necessarily accompanied by all the others.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

He exhorts and directs Christians how to behave themselves in the spiritual warfare with the enemies of their souls; and to the exercise of several Christian graces, which he proposes to them as so many pieces of spiritual armour, to preserve and defend them in the conflict,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

They command them to be found in the way of their duty towards God, and to take heed of those sins most incident to their age; in these things especially they must see that they be obedient. There is a general reason given: For this is right, there is a natural equity in it, God has enjoined it, and it highly becomes Christians.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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EPH 6:1PRO 1:8 PRO 6:20
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EPH 6:1PRO 23:22 PRO 30:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EPH 6:1PRO 23:22 PRO 1:8
EPH 6:1PRO 23:22 JHN 19:26-27
EPH 6:1PRO 1:8 PRO 5:1-2
EPH 6:1PRO 23:22 EPH 6:1-2
EPH 6:1PRO 1:8 2TI 1:5
EPH 6:1PRO 1:8 PRO 31:1

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