Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents — In all things lawful. The will of the parent is a law to the child. In the Lord — For his sake. For this is right — Manifestly just and reasonable.
Children, obey your parents — In all things lawful. The will of the parent is a law to the child. In the Lord — For his sake. For this is right — Manifestly just and reasonable.
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CHAPTER VI. _Children should obey their parents, that they may live long_ _and be happy_, 1-3. _Parents should be tender towards their children_, 4. _Servants should show all obedience and fidelit...
CHILDREN - τέκνα tekna This word usually signifies those who are young; but it is used here, evidently, to denote those who were under the care and government of their parents, or those who were not...
4. MANIFESTATION IN THE FAMILY-RELATIONSHIP Chapter S 5:22-6:4 _ 1. Wives representative of the Church (Ephesians 5:22)_ 2. Husbands representative of Christ (Ephesians 5:25) 3. The mystery: concer...
Children must obey their parents as a matter of Christian dutyHonour thy father and thy mother, etc., is both a dictate of righteousness and an injunction of primary importance; and moreover it carrie...
EPHESIANS 5:22 TO EPHESIANS 6:9. SUBORDINATION IN THE FEAR OF CHRIST. The principle is illustrated by the relation (_a)_ of wives to husbands, (_b)_ of children to parents, (_c_) of slaves to masters....
CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Ephesians 6:1-4)...
Children, obey your parents as Christian children should. Honour your father and your mother for this is the first commandment to which a promise is attached that it may be well with you, and that you...
CHILDREN. App-108. Compare Colossians 3:20. LORD. App-98. RIGHT. App-191....
Ephesians 6:1-4. The Christian Home: Children and Parents 1. _Children_ Cp. Colossians 3:20. _obey_ The Gr. word differs from that rendered "submit yourselves" (Ephesians 6:22). It is the same as
Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9. HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IN CHRISTIAN LIGHT Cf. Colossians 3:18 to Colossians 4:1;...
ΤᾺ ΤΈΚΝΑ, ὙΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ. The Gospel from the first had a message for children: the different order in which the classes are treated causes the omission of any special mention of children in 1 Pet. In the...
Ephesians 6:1-4. PARENTS AND CHILDREN...
ΥΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΑΚΟΎΩ (G5219) слушаться, повиноваться, с _dat._ ΓΟΝΕΎΣΙΝ _dat. pl._ (G1118) ΓΟΝΕΎΣ родственник. Об ответственности членов семьи и условиях семейной жизни в обществ...
_PREVIEWING IN OUTLINE FORM_ (EPHESIANS 6:1-9) C. Subject yourselves one to another. Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9 3. Children and fathers....
(6:1) The first command--"obey". Obedience is a clear demonstration of submission to authority. It is especially true when you as a child disagree with the instructions of your parent. "In the Lord" r...
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. OBEY, [ hupakouete (G5219)] - stronger than as to wives "submitting," or 'being subject' (Ephesians 5:21). Obedience is unreasoning and i...
__ The Joint Body-In the Lord 32 There are three secrets in Ephesians: the secret of Christ (Eph_1:9), the secret administration (Eph_3:9) and the secret of marriage, here referred to. The physical...
As before, those who have to obey and submit are taken first. Cp. in the Lord here with 'unto the Lord' (Ephesians 5:22) and 'unto Christ' (Ephesians 6:5). RIGHT] both nature and the express Law of Go...
RULES FOR THE FAMILY. THE CHRISTIAN'S AEMOUE 1-4. Second illustration of orderly subordination: the relation between children and parents....
CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR EPHESIANS _LES PAINTER (BIBLE TEXT BY CYNTHIA GREEN)_ CHAPTER 6 6:1-4 ~ CHILDREN AND PARENTS V1 Children, you must obey your parents. This is because the *Lord has...
In Ephesians 6:10. St. Paul sums up his practical exhortation in that magnificent description which has ever since laid hold of Christian imagination, both in metaphor and in allegory. He paints the C...
[5. Practical Exhortation continued (Ephesians 5:22 to Ephesians 6:9). (4) THE BEARING OF THE TRUTH OF UNITY ON THE THREE GREAT RELATIONS OF LIFE. (_a_) _Between husbands and wives_ — a relation w...
VI. (4_ b_.) In Ephesians 6:1. St. Paul passes from the detailed exposition of the true relation of husbands and wives, to deal with the relation of parents and children, far more cursorily and simply...
CHAPTER 27 THE CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD Ephesians 6:1 THE Christian family is the cradle and the fortress of the Christian faith. Here its virtues shine most brightly; and by this channel its influence s...
Other relative duties those of parents and children. With this the concise paragraph in Colossians 3:20-21 is specially to be compared....
τὰ τέκνα, ὑπακούετε τοῖς γονεῦσιν [ἐν Κυρίῳ]: _children obey your parents in the Lord_. The duty of the _wife_ has been described by the terms _subjection_ or _submission_ (ὑποτάσσεσθαι) and _fear_ (φ...
CHILDREN AND PARENTS; SERVANTS AND MASTERS Ephesians 6:1 Where our religion is true, it will affect every relationship in life. The love of Christ must find its manifestation in nursery and in kitch...
The teaching now turned to the next relationship of importance in the Christian household-the relationship of parents and children. Children are to yield obedience, and thus be set free from all care...
Duties of Children Literally, Paul says children are to keep on obeying their parents. This is restricted by the expression "in the Lord" which means a child may refuse to obey his parents if they ask...
Children, (1) obey your parents (2) in the (a) Lord: (3) for this is right. (1) He comes to another part of a family, and shows that the duty of the children toward their parents consists in obedienc...
(1) В¶ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. (2) Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) (3) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest l...
CONTENTS In this Chapter the Epistle is closed: and a blessed Close is made: Paul bids the Church to entrench themselves, in the holy Armory of God. And he seals up all, with an Apostolic Benediction...
In this epistle we have the unfolding of the grace of God in all its fulness, not merely the application of His righteousness to man's need on His part, but God from out of Himself, and for Himself, a...
I. INTRODUCTION A. In the last 2 studies, we discovered what the Lord expects from a Christian wife and a Christian husband. 1. In this whole 6-part study on Christian Behavior, we have learned the...
1._Children, obey. _Why does the apostle use the word _obey _instead of _honor, _(167) which has a greater extent of meaning? It is because _Obedience _is the evidence of that _honor _which children o...
But it is not only that there is a line of conduct to follow, a model to imitate, a Spirit with whom one may be filled, it is not only relationships between oneself and God, and those in which we stan...
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD,.... The persons whose duty this is, "children", are such of every sex, male and female, and of every age, and of every state and condition; and though the true...
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Ver. 1. _Children, obey your parents_] As Isaac did Abraham in submitting to be sacrificed; as Christ became obedient even to the death of...
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...
OBEY YOUR PARENTS; it is to be understood here, as in chap Ephesians 5:24, that the obedience enjoined extends to all things not contrary to Christ's commands; for the addition, IN THE LORD, that is,...
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD; FOR THIS IS RIGHT....
THE DUTIES OF CHILDREN, OF PARENTS, OF SERVANTS. A word to children and parents:...
PARENTS AND CHILDREN (vs.1-4) Children are next addressed. The instruction is simple and uncomplicated. They are to obey their parents in the Lord, that is, as subject to the Lord's authority. False...
CHAPTER 6 ______________ must obey their parents. Parents must give direction that is in the __________. This is God's plan from the creation and it is __________. Children are to __________ their p...
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right” “CHILDREN”: Since Paul addresses children as well as parents, we infer that the first century church was also composed of whole families. T...
1-4 The great duty of children is, to obey their parents. That obedience includes inward reverence, as well as outward acts, and in every age prosperity has attended those distinguished for obedience...
EPHESAIANS CHAPTER 6 EPHESIANS 6:1 The relative duties of children, EPHESIANS 6:4 and parents, EPHESIANS 6:5 of servants, Ephesia
Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians Ye parents, impart a holy training to your children. Ye children, "honour your parents, that it may be well with you."[37] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor...
Ephesians 6:1 Children G5043 obey G5219 (G5720) your G5216 parents G1118 in G1722 Lord G2962 for G1063 this...
INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CHILDREN AND BONDSERVANTS (6:1-9). ‘Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honour your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise, that...
IV. SPECIAL CHRISTIAN DUTIES IN HOUSEHOLD RELATIONS. (1.) Of wives and husbands; chap. Ephesians 5:22-33. (2.) Of children and parents; chap. Ephesians 6:1-4. (3.). Of servants and masters; chap. Ephe...
2. _Christian Duties of Children and Parents._ These exhortations naturally follow those of the last section and rest, as the previous ones do, upon the common relation to the Lord. For the children o...
Ephesians 6:1. CHILDREN. The exhortation to children is placed first; the general precept in chap. Ephesians 5:21 (‘submitting yourselves,' etc.) calls for this order. OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD....
RIGHT (δικαιον). In Colossians 3:20 it is ευαρεστον (well-pleasing)....
Ephesians 6:1 Children and Parents. I. St. Paul assumes that the life of children may be a life in Christ. Children are to obey their parents in the Lord, and parents are to nurture their children in...
Ephesians 6 I. The Apostle compares the struggles of a Christian against the enemies of his soul to the warfare of a soldier against the enemies of his country. What are the spiritual truths, the Chri...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right._ Fitting by nature, and pleasing in the sight of God. Ephesians 6:2. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first comm...
CONTENTS: Domestic life of Spirit-filled believers. Warfare of the believer. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Satan, Tychicus. CONCLUSION: The Christian life is a warfare, a struggle not o...
Ephesians 6:1. _Children, obey your parents,_ because they are your parents, who gave you birth, and nourished you with food and fond affection in all your tender years. Their age and experience quali...
CHILDREN. "Obey even your unbelieving parents in everything compatible with your duty to the Lord. It is your Christian duty to do this, because of your reverence for Christ....
_Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right._ PARENTS AND CHILDREN I. Duties of children to parents. 1. Children owe to their parents an inward affection and regard. Their obedience...
EPHESIANS—NOTE ON EPHESIANS 6:1 CHILDREN. The second family relationship illustrating submission to proper authority (Ephesians 5:21) is that of children and parents....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Ephesians 6:1. CHILDREN, OBEY.—Until the days of discretion arrive this is the grace of childhood. If through obedience the child errs, the responsibility of that is...
EXPOSITION EPHESIANS 6:1 CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD: FOR THIS IS RIGHT. The first duty of children is obedience, and "in the Lord," _i.e. _in Christ, this duty is confirmed. The ἐν Κυρ...
Now parent-child relationships, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right (Ephesians 6:1). That "in the Lord" I think is important. If your parents are not godly and if your parents...
1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Peter 2:13; 1 Samuel 17:20; 1 Timothy 5:4;...
In the Lord. The children being with their parents in the Lord, are to be influenced by religious duty as well as by natural affection. Right [δ ι κ α ι ο ν]. Belonging essentially to the very nature...
THE CHRISTIAN HOME Ephesians 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It was the Apostle Paul who, in the Spirit, said, "Grace * * hath appeared teaching us that * * we should live soberly, righteously and godly." C...
Our apostle, in the foregoing chapter, began to treat of relative duties, and concluded that chapter with the duties of husbands and wives; he begins this with the duty of children and parents to each...