Parallel Bible results for "Ephesians 6:1-4"

Ephesians 6:1-4

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1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
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