Ephesians 6:2

Honour thy father and mother,.... This explains who parents are, and points at some branches of obedience due unto them; for they are not only to be loved, and to be feared, and reverenced, their…

Honour thy father and mother - see Exo 20:12; compare notes on Mat 15:4. Which is the first commandment with promise - With a promise annexed to it. The promise was, that their days should be long in…

Honor thy father - See the notes on Exo 20:12, etc., where this subject, together with the promises and threatenings connected with it, is particularly considered, and the reasons of the duty laid…

Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular.

I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the…

Honour, &c. Exo 20:12; Deu 5:16. The Gr. here is verbatim that of the LXX. On the duty, cp. Mat 19:19; Mar 7:10; Mar 10:19; Luk 18:20. The "honour" is that not of mere sentiment but of obedience. See…