Parallel Verses
Sawyer 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.
Common New Testament
Children, obey your parents 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.
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 your mother, which is the first commandment with a promise,
Cross References
Luke 2:51
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her heart.
Romans 7:12
The law therefore is holy, and the commandment holy and righteous and good.
Romans 12:2
and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Romans 16:2
that you receive her in the Lord worthily of the saints, and assist her in any thing in which she may have need of you; for she has been an assistant of many, and of myself also.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, 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
Servants, be subject to masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts as to Christ,
Colossians 3:16-17
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching with all wisdom, and admonishing one another, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God,
Colossians 3:20-25
Children, obey [your] parents in all things; for this is well pleasing in the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow has children or relatives, let them learn first to support their family and to make returns to their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
1 Peter 2:13
Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior,