Ephesians 6:1 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τὰ	Ta	you who [are]	G3588 →
τέκνα,	tekna	Children,	G5043 →
ὑπακούετε	hupakouete	do obey	G5219 →
τοῖς	tois	the	G3588 →
γονεῦσιν	goneusin	parents	G1118 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
κυρίῳ·	kuriō	[the] Lord;	G2962 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
δίκαιον.	dikaion	right.	G1342 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G5043teknaChildren,99×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 1:8
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:20
  My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 5:1–2
  My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
- 2 Timothy 1:5
  I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced is in you as well.
- Proverbs 31:1
  These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him:
Through
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
leads to
- Proverbs 30:17
  As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 1:8
  Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- John 19:26–27
  When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
- Ephesians 6:1–2
  Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Colossians 3:20–25Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.Proverbs 23:22Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.Proverbs 6:20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.Colossians 3:16–17Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.Deuteronomy 21:18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,Romans 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.Leviticus 19:3Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.1 Timothy 5:4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.Ephesians 6:5–6Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.Romans 7:12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good.Proverbs 30:17As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.1 Peter 2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,Luke 2:51Then He went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But His mother treasured up all these things in her heart.Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.Genesis 28:7and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

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The walk

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