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Ephesians 6:1–2

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aChildren, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2bHonour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

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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. aCol. 3:20. See Prov. 1:8.
  2. bCited from Ex. 20:12, or Deut. 5:16. See Deut. 27:16. So Ezek. 22:7. Mal. 1:6. 1 Tim. 5:4. Cited also Matt. 15:4. Mark 7:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, because this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,

NLTNew Living Translation

Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise:

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),