Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Parallel translations
- WEB “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:
- BSB “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise),
- NKJV “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:
- NASB Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise),
- NLT “Honor your father and mother.” This is the first commandment with a promise:
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Honoring father and mother is the first commandment that comes with a promise. God attaches blessing to this command.
Overview
Paul cites the fifth commandment (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16), noting it is 'the first commandment with a promise.' Honoring parents goes beyond mere childhood obedience to lifelong respect. By rooting his exhortation in the law, Paul shows the abiding moral authority of God's commands for Christian conduct.
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Cross-references · 9
- Exod 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deut 27:16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Matt 15:4–6For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Prov 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Mal 1:6A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- Ezek 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- Mark 7:9–13And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- Jer 35:18And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
- Rom 13:7Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
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