Ephesians 6:3 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-4

Children and parents. Christianity purifies and elevates family life. It is supremely natural, orderly, and reasonable in the treatment of domestic affairs. We meet with frequent allusions to families and households in the New Testament. The order and health of the home are clearly recognized as of primary importance. This is seen in the treatment of parental relations. I. THE DUTIES OF CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS . 1. The duties . 2. The grounds on which these... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ephesians 6:3

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. A free rendering (after the manner of the apostle) of the reason annexed to the fifth commandment, "that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." While the Decalogue was an expression of the will of God on matters of moral and indefeasible obligation, it had a local Hebrew element here and there. In the present ease the apostle drops what is specially Hebrew, adapting the promise in spirit to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 6:3

That it may be well with thee - This is found in the fifth commandment as recorded in Deuteronomy 5:16. The whole commandment as there recorded is, “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.” The meaning here is, that they would be more happy, useful, and virtuous if they obeyed their parents than if they disobeyed them.And thou mayest live long on... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ephesians 6:1-4

Ephesians 6:1-4. The apostle, having explained the duties of wives and husbands, proceeds to the duties of children and parents, and then to those of servants, or slaves rather, and masters, with which he finishes his account of relative duties. Children, obey your parents Even your unbelieving parents, in every thing consistent with your duty to the Lord. In all things lawful, the will of the parent is a law to the child: for this is right Manifestly just and reasonable. Honour That... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ephesians 6:1-9

Christian relationships (5:21-6:9)People can have good relations with one another only as they consider one another. When they insist on their rights without considering others, they only destroy harmony and fellowship (21).In the next section Paul illustrates this principle in certain family and social relationships. In 5:22-33 he considers the the case of husbands and wives, in 6:1-4 the case of parents and children, and in 6:5-9 the case of masters and servants. In union with Christ, people... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Ephesians 6:3

That = In order that. Greek. hina. earth . App-129 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ephesians 6:3

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.This promise is as true now as it was when included in the Decalogue. Multiplied thousands of untimely and tragic deaths of young people would be avoided, or could have been avoided, by their simple obedience to the sacred instructions here. Disobedient, arrogant and heedless children, refusing to be restrained by parental wishes of any kind, are almost certain to violate basic rules of survival on the earth. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Ephesians 6:3

Ephesians 6:3. That—thou mayest live long, &c.— It has been observed, that the Apostle does not say, upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that he might not encourage a vain hope in the Jews of continuing in the land of Canaan. And if it were considered that those to whom he was writing were chiefly Gentile converts, the clause would very properly be omitted in this view, as it must better suit the case of the whole church to express the promise in a general way. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Ephesians 6:3

3. long on the earth—In :-, "long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee," which Paul adapts to Gospel times, by taking away the local and limited reference peculiar to the Jews in Canaan. The godly are equally blessed in every land, as the Jews were in the land which God gave them. This promise is always fulfilled, either literally, or by the substitution of a higher blessing, namely, one spiritual and eternal (Job 5:26; Proverbs 10:27). The substance and essence of the law are... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Ephesians 6:1-3

The duty of children 6:1-3The next basic human relationship that needs affecting by the filling of the Spirit (Ephesians 5:15-21) is that of children and parents. read more