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¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),

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

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A) “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.”[a](B)

Fathers,[b] do not exasperate your children;(C) instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16
  2. Ephesians 6:4 Or Parents