Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
KJV
τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ πρώτη ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ,
Greek NT
Honora patrem tuum, et matrem tuam, quod est mandatum primum in promissione :
Vulgate
Honor thy father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise),
ASV
Honour thy father and thy mother, which is the first commandment with a promise:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
πρῶτος
protos
adjective · 101×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τιμάω
timao
verb · 21×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Exod 20:12 · exact_quote"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."Exodus: honor your father and mother — the first commandment with a promise
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. Whence then does He begin? And what kind of foundations of His new polity does He lay for us? Let us hearken with strict attention unto what is said. For though it was spoken unto them, it was written for the sake also of all men afterwards. And accordingly on this account, though He had His disciples in His mind in His public preaching, yet unto them He limits not His sayin…
Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother. To this estate of fatherhood and motherhood God has given the special distinction above all estates that are beneath it, that He commands us not merely to love our parents but to honor them. He distinguishes father and mother above all other persons upon earth, and places them next to Himself. For it is a far higher thing to honor tha…
Q. What is God's will for you in the fifth commandment? A. That I honor, love, and be loyal to my father and mother and all those in authority over me; that I obey and submit to them, as is proper, when they correct and punish me; and also that I be patient with their failings — for through them God chooses to rule us.
Cross-references
- Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Exod 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Ezek 22:7 — In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- Jer 35:18 — And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done
- Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
- Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
- Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
- Mark 7:9 — And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
- Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
- Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
- Rom 13:7 — Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
- Ruth 1:8 — And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.