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The commandment Honor your father and mother is the first one with a promise attached: so that things will go well for you, and you will live for a long time in the land.[a] As for parents, don’t provoke your children to anger, but raise them with discipline and instruction about the Lord.

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“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](A)

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

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Footnotes

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