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Obey your parents (υπακουετε τοις γονευσιν). Old verb to listen under (as looking up), to hearken, to heed, to obey.
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. (Colossians 3:20)
Nowadays, there a…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The one obligation Paul places on children is obedience to their parents. “Obey” (GK 5634) implies a readine to hear and carry out orders; a child’…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Children, obey your parents. He commands children to obey their parents, without any exception. But what if parents should be inc…
John Gill
JohnGill
Children, obey your parents Both father and mother; (See Gill on Ephesians 6:1).
in all thing…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The epistles most concerned with displaying the glory of Divine grace and magnifying the Lord Jesus are also the most particular in emphasizing the…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Having given a general direction to all, Paul now begins to give particular directions. First, he gives special directions that relate to the vario…
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A.T. Robertson
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