Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Children - τέκνα tekna This word usually signifies those who are young; but it is used here, evidently, to denote those who were under the c...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Children, (1) obey your parents (2) in the (a) Lord: (3) for this is right. (1) He comes to another part of a family, and shows that the duty of the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Children must obey their parents as a matter of Christian dutyHonour thy father and thy mother, etc., is both a dictate of righteousness and an injun...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9 . Subordination in the Fear of Christ. The principle is illustrated by the relation ( a) of wives to husbands,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Children . App-108. Compare Colossians 3:20 . Lord . App-98. right . App-191.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Children, obey. Why does the apostle use the word obey instead of honor, (167) which has a greater extent of meaning? It is becaus...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Children, obey your parents - This is a duty with which God will never dispense; he comma...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Obey, х hupakouete ( G5219 )] - stronger than as to wives "submitting," or 'b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As before, those who have to obey and submit are taken first. Cp. in the Lord here with 'unto the Lord' ( Ephesians 5:22 ) and 'unto Christ' ( Ephesi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rules for the Family. The Christian's Aemoue 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In Ephesians 6:10-17 . St. Paul sums up his practical exhortation in that magnificent description which has ever since laid hold of Christian imagin...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VI. (4 b .) In Ephesians 6:1-4 . St. Paul passes from the detailed exposition of the true relation of husbands and wives, to deal with the relat...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

[ 5. Practical Exhortation continued ( Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9 ). (4) THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 27 THE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD Ephesians 6:1-9 THE Christian family is the cradle and the fortress of the Christian faith. Here its virtue...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Children and Parents; Servants and Masters Ephesians 6:1-12 Where our religion is true, it will affect every relationship in life. The love of...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to y...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter the Epistle is closed: and a blessed Close is made: Paul bids the Church to entrench themselves, in the holy Armory of God....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Children, obey your parents in the Lord ,.... The persons whose duty this is, "children", are such of every sex, male and female, and of every age,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Ver. 1. Children, obey your parents ] As Isaac did Abraham in submitting to be sacrif...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The apostle, having explained the duties of wives and husbands, proceeds to the duties of children and parents, and then to those of servants, or sla...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lor...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Duties of Children to Parents; Duties of Servants to Masters. A. D. 61....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

EPHESAIANS CHAPTER 6 Ephesians 6:1-3 The relative duties of children, Ephesians 6:4 and parents, Ephesians 6:5-8 of servants, Ephesians...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Instructions Concerning Children and Bondservants (6:1-9). ‘Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honour your father and moth...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Ephesians 6:1 . Children, obey. —Until the days of discretion arrive this is the grace of childhood. If through o...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 6:1-4 Children and Parents. I. St. Paul assumes that the life of children may be a life in Christ. Children are to obey their parents i...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ephesians 6 I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies o...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Ephesians 6:1 . Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God. Ephesians 6:2...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ephesians 6:1 . Children, obey your parents, because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in...
The Biblical Illustrator

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Parents and children I. Duties of children to parents. 1. Children owe to their...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in th...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Peter 2:13 ; 1 Samuel 17:20 ; 1 Timothy 5:4 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Colossians 3:17 ; Colossians 3:20 ; Colossians 3:23 ;...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Christian Home Ephesians 6:1-4 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It was the Apostle Paul who, in the Spirit, said, "Grace * * hath appeared teaching us t...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Children, obey your parents — In all things lawful. The will of the parent is a law to the child. In the Lord — For his sake. For this is right — M...

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Related Commentaries of Ephesians 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephesians 6:1