Ephesians 6:3 KJV — MannaFest

Ephesians 6:3

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

KJV

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ASV

that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

WEB

“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

YLT

which is the first command with a promise, `That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

DBT

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

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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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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.
Psalms 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Deuteronomy 4:40
Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Deuteronomy 12:28
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.
Deuteronomy 12:25
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

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Not indeed that it is always so; there are instances of such children who meet with much affliction in this life: but ordinarily obedience is thus rewarded, and, where it is not, it is made up with something better. The gospel has its temporal promises, as well as spiritual ones.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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

The godly are equally blessed in every land, as the Jews were in the land which God gave them. This promise is always fulfilled, either literally, or by the substitution of a higher blessing, namely, one spiritual and eternal (Job 5:26;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

EPH 6:3DEU 5:16 EXO 20:12
EPH 6:3DEU 6:18 DEU 4:40
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
EPH 6:3DEU 5:16 EPH 6:1-3
EPH 6:3DEU 5:16 COL 3:20
EPH 6:3DEU 4:40 DEU 12:25
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
EPH 6:3DEU 4:40 DEU 6:3
EPH 6:3DEU 4:40 DEU 12:28
EPH 6:3DEU 4:40 DEU 5:16

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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