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Selected Verse: Colossians 3:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Col 3:20 |
Strong Concordance |
Children [5043], obey [5219] your parents [1118] in [2596] all things [3956]: for [1063] this [5124] is [2076] well pleasing [2101] unto the Lord [2962]. |
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King James |
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Children, obey your parents ... - Notes, Eph 6:1-4. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
This is well pleasing
Expanded in Eph 6:2, Eph 6:3. Unto the Lord should be in the Lord. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Children, obey - in all things - That is, in the Lord - in every thing that your parents command you, which is not contrary to the will or word of God. |
1 Children [5043], obey [5219] your [5216] parents [1118] in [1722] the Lord [2962]: for [1063] this [5124] is [2076] right [1342].
1 Children [5043], obey [5219] your [5216] parents [1118] in [1722] the Lord [2962]: for [1063] this [5124] is [2076] right [1342].
2 Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384]; (which [3748] is [2076] the first [4413] commandment [1785] with [1722] promise [1860];)
3 That [2443] it may be [1096] well [2095] with thee [4671], and [2532] thou mayest [2071] live long [3118] on [1909] the earth [1093].
4 And [2532], ye fathers [3962], provoke [3949] not [3361] your [5216] children [5043] to wrath [3949]: but [235] bring [1625] them [846] up [1625] in [1722] the nurture [3809] and [2532] admonition [3559] of the Lord [2962].
3 That [2443] it may be [1096] well [2095] with thee [4671], and [2532] thou mayest [2071] live long [3118] on [1909] the earth [1093].
2 Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384]; (which [3748] is [2076] the first [4413] commandment [1785] with [1722] promise [1860];)