Ephesians 6:1
Ephesians · New Testament · Chapter 6
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”Ephesians 6:1
What Does Ephesians 6:1 Mean?
Ephesians 6:1 is found in the book of Ephesians, chapter 6, verse 1 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Family.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ephesians 6:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 20:12“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Colossians 3:20“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”Proverbs 3:2“For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”Proverbs 23:22“Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.”Deuteronomy 5:16“Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”Proverbs 6:20“My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”Colossians 3:16“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”Proverbs 1:8“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”Deuteronomy 21:18“If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:”Leviticus 19:3“Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.”Romans 12:2“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”1 Timothy 5:4“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”Ephesians 6:5“Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;”Romans 7:12“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.”Job 33:27“He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;”Proverbs 30:17“The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.”Luke 2:51“And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.”1 Peter 2:13“Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;”Hosea 14:9“Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.”Genesis 28:7“And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;”
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