Ephesians 6:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Honour thy father and mother ;(which is the first commandment with promise;)

Ephesians 6:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy 27:16
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Matthew 15:4-6
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. …
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

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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 subserviency…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. Here the authority of revealed law is added to that of natural law. which is ... promise--The “promise” is not made the main motive to obedience, but an incidental one. The main motive is, because it is God’s will (De 5:16, “Honor thy father and mother, as the Lord thy God hath COMMANDED thee”); and that it is so peculiarly, is shown by His accompanying it “with a promise.” first--in the decalo…