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Ephesians 6:2–3

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2“Honor your father and mother 3that everything may go well for you, and you may have a long life on earth.” This is an important commandment with a promise.b

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Ephesians 6:2–3: “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

Footnotes

  1. b6:3 The first part of verse 2 (in Greek) has been placed at the end of verse 3 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life in the land.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise: If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “in order that it may be well with you, and you may live a long time on the earth.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.