Ephesians 6:1
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ephesians 6:1 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ephesians 6:1 is a verse from the book of Ephesians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ephesians 6:1 — KJV
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
— Ephesians 6:1 (KJV)
Ephesians 6:1 in Context — About the Book of Ephesians
Ephesians lifts believers into the heavenly realms — every spiritual blessing, adoption, redemption, and a seat with Christ far above all powers. Then it walks that identity into marriage, work, and warfare, closing with the church's armor: truth, righteousness, faith, salvation, the Spirit's sword, and all kinds of prayer.
Cross-References for Ephesians 6:1
“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
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“Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.”
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“Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 6:1: children, lord, right
“And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;”
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“For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.”
Shares key themes with Ephesians 6:1: children, obey, lord
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