Parallel Verses
Common New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Holman Bible
Children, obey
International Standard Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do.
A Conservative Version
Children, obey your parents in Lord, for this is right.
American Standard Version
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Amplified
Children, obey your parents in the Lord [that is, accept their guidance and discipline as His representatives], for this is right [for obedience teaches wisdom and self-discipline].
An Understandable Version
Children, you should obey your parents in the Lord [i.e., as part of your Christian responsibility], for this is the right thing to do.
Anderson New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Bible in Basic English
Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.
Daniel Mace New Testament
Children, obey your christian parents: for this is the law.
Darby Translation
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just.
Godbey New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Goodspeed New Testament
Children, as Christians obey your parents, for that is right.
John Wesley New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Honour
Julia Smith Translation
Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just.
King James 2000
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Modern King James verseion
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.
Moffatt New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right;
Montgomery New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
NET Bible
Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.
New Heart English Bible
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Noyes New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
Sawyer New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye children, be obedient unto your parents in the Lord, for this is right:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
CHILDREN, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Children, obey your parents, as children of the Lord; for that is but right.
Webster
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Weymouth New Testament
Children, be obedient to your parents as a Christian duty, for it is a duty.
Williams New Testament
Children, obey your parents, for this is right.
World English Bible
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Worrell New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
Worsley New Testament
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
Youngs Literal Translation
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;
Themes
Children » Dishonouring parents » Filial obedience encouraged
Children » What children should do
Children » Should » Obey parents
Christian conduct » Fulfilling domestic duties
Obedience » Filial » Filial obedience encouraged
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Ephesians 6:1
Images Ephesians 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Children And Parents
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (which is the first commandment with a promise),
Cross References
Luke 2:51
Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them, but his mother kept all these things in her heart.
Romans 7:12
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 16:2
that you may receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she has need from you, for she has been a helper of many and of myself also.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Ephesians 6:5-6
Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;
Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:20-25
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice their religion in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
1 Peter 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the supreme authority,