Children, obey your parents in everything, because this is pleasing in the Lord.
3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, because this pleases the Lord. — — “Children, obey your parents in the Lord” (Eph 6:1). see Exo 20:12; Exo 21:15-17; Lev 20:9; Deu 5:16; Deu 21:8; Deu 6:20; Deu 30:17. Under the law of Moses the people were obligated to stone rebellious sons (Deu 21:18-21). Jesus has left a good example for children, being subject to Joseph and Mary (Luke 2:51). The phrase, this pleases the Lord, is equivalent to the one that says, in the Lord (Eph 6:1), and means “according to the will of the Lord.” Children are to be in subjection to their parents in all things, unless there is a conflict between their will and the will of God. It pleases the Lord “because this is just” (Eph 6:1). It pleases the Lord because he is correct; It is reasonable and normal. Children need direction. They should not be left to run on their own. They don’t have the capacity for it; they lack understanding and experience. The most basic lesson that all children must learn is obedience, subjection to their parents. “Honor your father and your mother” (Eph 6:2). see Exo 21:17; Deu 27:16; Deu 21:18-21; pro 20:20. Jesus Christ honored his parents. He was subject to them. Even in his death Jesus did not think of his own suffering, but of the well-being of his mother (Joh 19:26-27). Our parents brought us into this world, and they took care of us when we couldn’t take care of ourselves, they fed us, educated us and raised us. For all this they deserve honor. Mark 7:8-13 recounts one of the most diabolical traditions invented by the Pharisees and scribes, a tradition by which they invalidated God’s law of honoring parents. This commandment included the care of parents in their old age. The law of Christ requires the same thing (1Ti 5:4-8). Our debt is great; We do not finish “rewarding” them, not even in all the days of their lives. Honoring parents “is the first commandment with a promise” (Eph 6:2), and that promise is: “so that it may go well with you, and that you may have a long life on earth” (Eph 6:3; see Deu 6:24; 1Pe 3:10-12). Obedience to God, from youth, is for our own good, and for our own happiness. Many young people destroy themselves living in full rebellion. They seek satisfaction in drugs, alcohol, and total debauchery, but they don’t do well. The growing number of suicides among young people is alarming.
Source: Commentary on the New Testament by Partain
Children, obey your parents. Gen 28:7; Exo 20:12; Lev 19:3; Deu 21:18-21; Deu 27:16; pro 6:20; pro 20:20; Pr 30:11, pro 30:17; Eze 22:7; bad 1:6; Matt 15:4-6; Matt 19:19; Eph 6:1-3.
throughout. Col 3:22; Eph 5:24; Tit 2:9.
because this pleases the Lord. Col 1:10; Phil 4:18; Hebrews 13:21.
Source: The Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
The fathers and the sons they also receive admonitions from the apostle. Children must obey. However, not all things should be taken as absolute. When God’s truth and someone’s requirements conflict, a child must obey God. In addition, the father must be careful not to frustrate or discourage his children. The rules must be reasonable and not arbitrary. The father must educate his children in the same way that God disciplines his children and teaches them.
Source: New Illustrated Caribbean Bible Commentary
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS. see Eph 6:1note on filial duties.
Source: Full Life Study Bible
throughout. See notes on Eph 6:1-3. The only limit to the obedience of a child is that the parents demand something from him that is contrary to the Word of God. For example, some children will act against the wishes of their parents even for the very fact of coming to Christ (cf. Luke 12:51-53; Luke 14:26).
Source: MacArthur Study Bible
3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. – – “Children, obey your parents in the Lord” (Eph 6:1). See Exo 20:12; Exo 21:15-17; Lev 20:9; Deu 5:16; Deu 21:8; Deu 6:20; Deu 30:17. Under the law of Moses the people were obligated to stone rebellious sons (Deu 21:18-21). Jesus has left a good example for children, being subject to Joseph and Mary (Luke 2:51).
The phrase, this pleases the Lord, is equivalent to the one that says, in the Lord (Eph 6:1), and means “according to the will of the Lord.” Children are to be in subjection to their parents in all things, unless there is a conflict between their will and the will of God. It pleases the Lord “for this is just” (Eph 6:1). It pleases the Lord because it is right; It is reasonable and normal. Children need direction. They should not be left to run on their own. They don’t have the capacity for it; they lack understanding and experience. The most basic lesson that all children must learn is obedience, subjection to their parents.
“Honor your father and your mother” (Eph 6:2). See Exodus 21:17; Deu 27:16; Deu 21:18-21; pro 20:20. Jesus Christ honored his parents. He was subject to them. Even in his death Jesus did not think of his own suffering, but of the well-being of his mother (John 19: 26-27). Our parents brought us into this world, and they took care of us when we couldn’t take care of ourselves, they fed us, educated us and raised us. For all this they deserve honor. Mark 7:8-13 recounts one of the most diabolical traditions invented by the Pharisees and scribes, a tradition by which they invalidated God’s law of honoring parents. This commandment included the care of parents in their old age. The law of Christ requires the same thing (1Ti 5:4-8). Our debt is great; We do not finish “rewarding” them, not even in all the days of their lives.
Honoring parents “is the first commandment with a promise” (Eph 6:2), and that promise is: “that it may go well with you, and that you may have a long life on earth” (Eph 6:3; see Deu 6 :24; 1Pe 3:10-12). Obedience to God, from youth, is for our own good, and for our own happiness. Many young people destroy themselves living in full rebellion. They seek satisfaction in drugs, alcohol, and total debauchery, but they don’t do well. The growing number of suicides among young people is alarming.
Source: Reeves-Partain Notes
Eph 6:1-4; 1Pe 5:5.
Source: Hispano-American Interdenominational Translation
CROSS-REFERENCES
w198 Pro 6:20; Luke 2:51; Eph 6:1
Source: New World Translation
Children… → Eph 6:1.
Source: Textual Bible IV Edition
T263 It is wrong to translate the last sentence of v. 20 with the words: that pleases the Lord. What Paul means is that obedience to parents is convenient and appropriate in that state of grace in which the Christian now lives. In Paul’s writings, the idea of al after εὐάρεστος is expressed by the simple dative, and not by ἐν. If he meant al in this case, we would expect only the dative; moreover, the parallel with ἐν κυρίῳ, in the mandate given to women precisely before, would be lost; because in v. 18 can only mean: (to the Lord).
Source: Grammar Help for the Study of the Greek New Testament
lit., in the
Source: The Bible of the Americas
g Eph 6:1.