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Ephesians 6:1-3
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Ephesians 6:1-3
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Children and parents: servants and masters
6 1-3 Children, the right thing for you to do is to obey your parents as those whom God has set over you. The first commandment to contain a promise was: ‘Honour your father and your mother, that it may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth’.
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Ephesians 6:1-3
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Ephesians 6:1-3
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6 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A) 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a](B)
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- Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16
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