Ephesians 6:2

Honor thy father, etc. To what is essentially right the divine ordinance is added. Compare Aeschylus : "For the reverence of parents, this is written third in the laws of much - venerated justice" (" Suppliants, "687 - 689). So Euripides :" There are three virtues which thou shouldst cultivate, my child, to honor the gods, and thy parents who gave thee being and the common laws of Hellas " (Fragment). Honor expresses the frame of mind from which obedience proceeds.

First - with promise [π ρ ω τ η ε ν ε π α γ γ ε λ ι α]. First in point of promise, as it also is in order the first with promise.