A moment in scripture
Ephesians 6:2
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Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
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The surrounding passage
- Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Ephesians 6:3
That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
- Ephesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.