1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. …
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular. I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord . The great duty of children is to obey their parents (Eph. 6:1), parents being the instruments of their being, God and nature having given them an authority to command, in subservienc…
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