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Ephesians 6:1 KJV
Ephesians · chapter 6 · verse 1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Ephesians 6:1 · King James Version
What Ephesians 6:1 means
Paul addresses the children directly, which was unusual; he assumed they were in the room when the letter was read aloud. In the Lord sets the boundary, and for this is right gives the reason without softening it. The instruction to fathers follows three verses later.
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Ephesians 6:1 in context
1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Commentary
Cross references
- Colossians 3:20-25
- Proverbs 23:22
- Proverbs 6:20
- Proverbs 1:8
- Colossians 3:16-17
- Deuteronomy 21:18
- Romans 12:2
- Leviticus 19:3
Key words (Strong's)
- Childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- parentsgoneusfathers, parent, the parentsG1118 →
- obeyhypakouōto listen, to harken, of one who on the knock at the door comes to listen who it is, , to…G5219 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular. I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9