Children and Parents

(A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (B)Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), so that it may turn out well for you, and that you may live long on the earth.

(C)Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but (D)bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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Advice for Children and Parents

Children, obey your parents in the Lord,[a] for this is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother…”[b] (This is a very important commandment with a promise.) “…so that it may go well for you, and that you may have a long life on the earth.”[c]

Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up by training[d] and instructing them about the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:1 Other mss. lack in the Lord
  2. Ephesians 6:2 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
  3. Ephesians 6:3 Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16
  4. Ephesians 6:4 Or discipline