Ephesians 6:1–4
Paul repeats the commandment and also speaks to fathers
Study it word by word1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2Honor your father and your mother —which is the first commandment with a promise—
3so that it may go well with you and you may live long on the earth.
4And fathers, do not provoke to anger your children, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
In its context
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5Slaves, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to the Messiah,
6not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of the Messiah, doing the will of God from the soul,
Its words in the original
- τέκναtekna· child
Child, son, daughter.
- ὑπακούετεhypakouete· obey
Obey; also listen, answer a knock at the door.
- γονεῦσινgoneusin· parent
Parents (father and mother).
- κυρίῳkyriōi· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἐστινestin· be
Be, exist.
- δίκαιονdikaion· righteous, just
Righteous, just: someone who lives by what is right before God.
- τίμαtima· honor
Honor, give due worth; also set a price.
- πατέραpatera· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- μητέραmētera· mother
Mother.
- ἐντολὴentolē· commandment
Commandment, order.
- πρώτηprōtē· first
First, foremost.
- ἐπαγγελίᾳepangeliai· promise
Promise.
- εὖeu· well
Well. "Well done!"
- γένηταιgenētai· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- μακροχρόνιοςmakrochronios· long-lived
Long-lived, living many years.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- παροργίζετεparorgizete· make angry
Provoke to anger, make angry.
- ἐκτρέφετεektrephete· nourish, bring up
Nourish, feed and bring up.
- παιδείᾳpaideiai· discipline, training
Discipline: the raising of a child, with teaching and correction.
- νουθεσίᾳnouthesiai· warning, instruction
Warning, instruction that corrects.