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Children, obey your parents as the Lord wants you to. This is the right thing to do. 2,

`Respect your father and mother.' This is the first law of God with a promise: `So that all will be well with you, and that you may live long on earth.'

Fathers, do not make your children angry. But teach them the things children need to know, and tell them what they must not do. Teach them what Christ would teach them.

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A) “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16