Colossians 3:20

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.”

— WEB

“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

— KJV

“Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 20:12 "“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you."
Ephesians 6:1-3 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right."
Proverbs 6:20 "My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching."
Matthew 15:4-6 "For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16 and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let h…"
Deuteronomy 27:16 "‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’"
Matthew 19:19 "‘Honor your father and your mother.’Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20 And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Leviticus 19:18"
Leviticus 19:3 "“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God."
Proverbs 30:17 "“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall…"

Commentary

(Eph 6:1.) unto the Lord--The oldest manuscripts read, "IN the Lord," that is, this is acceptable to God when it is done in the Lord, namely, from the principle of faith,and as disciples in union with the Lord.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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