Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Colossians 3:20
Verse 20. Children, obey - in all things] That is, in the Lord-in every thing that your parents command you, which is not contrary to the will or word of God.
Verse 20. Children, obey - in all things] That is, in the Lord-in every thing that your parents command you, which is not contrary to the will or word of God.
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS ... - Notes, Ephesians 6:1....
III. THE PRACTICAL RESULTS: LIVING AS RISEN WITH CHRIST (3-4) CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The life hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1)_ 2. The contrast: The old man and the new man (Colossians 3:5) 3. Mani...
COLOSSIANS 3:18 TO COLOSSIANS 4:1. CERTAIN DUTIES INTERPRETED IN RELATION TO CHRIST. _ Cf._ Ephesians 5:22 *. Col. omits the simile of Christ and the Church. A reason is given why fathers should not h...
THE RISEN LIFE (Colossians 3:1-4)...
Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not treat them harshly. Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the...
CHILDREN. App-108. IN. according to. App-104. WELL PLEASING. See Romans 12:1. UNTO. to, but the texts read "in" (Greek. _en)_....
_Children_ Cp. Ephesians 6:1-3. _obey_ The same word as that below, Colossians 3:22. The wife "submits herself" as to a guiding _friend_; the child, and the servant, recognize in parent and master a...
5–4:1. _Practical duties_ Colossians 3:5-17, in the individual life; Colossians 3:18_ to_ Colossians 4:1, in the social relations of a household....
18–4:1. _The social relations of a household_ Colossians 3:18-19. Wives and Husbands. Colossians 3:20-21. Children and Fathers. Colossians 3:22_ to_...
ΤᾺ ΤΈΚΝΑ. || Ephesians 6:1-3. ὙΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ, Colossians 3:22. See note on ὑποτάσσεσθε, Colossians 3:18. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΓΟΝΕΥ͂ΣΙΝ. In contrast to a mark of the ungodly (γονεῦσιν�) both then,...
ΎΠΑΚΟΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΎΠΑΚΟΎΩ (G5219) слушаться, повиноваться, ΓΟΝΕΊΣ (G1118) (pi.) родители, ΕΎΆΡΕΣΤΌΣ (G2101) удовлетворительный, рекомендуемый. Это слово обычно используется в Библии...
CHILDREN, OBEY—IN ALL THINGS:— That is, "which are lawful, or to which the parental authority extends." This must be understood with some such limitation; and there can be no hurt in supplying the sen...
20. CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS, FOR THIS IS WELL-PLEASING IN THE LORD. 21. FATHERS, PROVOKE NOT YOUR CHILDREN, THAT THEY BE NOT DISCOURAGED. _Translation and Paraphrase_ 20. (You) chi...
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. OBEY, [ hupakouoo (G5219)] - not merely "submit yourselves" to the authority (Colossians 3:18), as wives ought ...
_CORRECTION-DEPORTMENT_ 17 We should always distinguish between our place "in _ Christ_ " and "in the Lord". "In _ Christ_ " physical distinctions vanish, even the distinction between the sexes is go...
THE CHRISTIAN'S RISEN LIFE AND THE DUTIES IT ENTAILS 1-4. Resurrection with Christ and the heavenly life. PARAPHRASE] '(1) Seeing then that at your conversion you shared not Christ's death only, but...
CHRIST HAS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED THE COLOSSIANS _HELEN POCOCK_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 3 HOW TO LIVE YOUR NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST V1 You hav...
[6. Special Exhortation as to the relations of life. (1) THE DUTY OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS (Colossians 3:18). (2) THE DUTY OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS (Colossians 3:20). (3) THE DUTY OF SLAVES AND MAST...
CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY Colossians 3:18; Colossians 4:1 (R.V.) This chapter deals with the Christian family, as made up of husband and wife, children, and servants. In the family, Christianit...
κατὰ πάντα is omitted in Ephesians 6:1....
to Colossians 4:1. ENFORCEMENT OF THE RECIPROCAL DUTIES OF WIVES AND HUSBANDS, CHILDREN AND PARENTS, SLAVES AND MASTERS, WITH FREQUENT REFERENCE TO THESE DUTIES AS INVOLVED IN THEIR DUTY TO CHRIST. In...
HOME AND BUSINESS RELATIONS Colossians 3:18; Colossians 4:1 From these high flights into the eternal and divine, Paul turns to the daily duties of the home, and demands that in the simplest domestic...
The believer is to "seek the things... above." The word "seek" marks aspiration, desire, and passion. The things above are those of the empire of Christ. In order to seek these things the mind must be...
The Christian's Home It appears to this writer that Paul's words on the family are a special application of doing all in the Lord's name. In even the smallest of tasks, when two people work together s...
(12) Children, obey [your] parents in (o) all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. (12) He requires of children, that according to God's commandment they are obedient to their parents. ...
(18) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. (19) Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. (20) Children, obey your parents in all things: for this...
The most cursory reader discerns at once that the epistle to the Colossians is the counterpart of that to the Ephesians. They are in nowise the same, but may be viewed each as a supplement to the othe...
20_Children, obey your parents. _He enjoins it upon _children _to obey their parents, (458) without any exception. But what if parents (459) should feel disposed to constrain them to anything that is...
Now begins the direct exhortations founded on the truth that has been developed, and adapted to the state in which the Colossians were; that is, viewed as risen with Christ, but not sitting in heavenl...
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS,.... Both father and mother; Ephesians 6:1. IN ALL THINGS; not in things sinful, which are contrary to the law of God, and Gospel of Christ; in things repugnant to the du...
Children, obey _your_ parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. Ver. 20. _In all things_] _Vultu saepe laeditur pietas._ _See Trapp on "_ Eph 6:1 _"_...
_Wives, submit yourselves_ Or be subject; _to your own husbands_ Whether they be Christians or heathen. See on Ephesians 5:22. _As it is fit_ Both in regard of God's command, and the evil that would a...
On these verses see the notes on the very similar passage, Ephesians 5:19-33; Ephesians 6:1-9....
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS; FOR THIS IS WELL-PLEASING UNTO THE LORD....
The conduct of Christians in various stations in life:...
CHANGING THE OLD FOR THE NEW (vs.1-11) We have seen some practical exhortations mingled with the doctrine of this epistle. Now this chapter begins what is mainly practical instruction based on the t...
Practical Injunctions - 3:18 - 4:1 18WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBANDS, AS IS FITTING IN THE LORD. As he does in several letters, Paul spends some time in the practical area and addresses several g...
CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS, FOR THIS IS WELL-PLEASING IN THE LORD. 'CHILDREN' -including all minors and all who are still at home or under parental care. 'Children' also need to reali...
18-25 The epistles most taken up in displaying the glory of the Divine grace, and magnifying the Lord Jesus, are the most particular in pressing the duties of the Christian life. We must never separa...
By CHILDREN he understands both males and females. OBEY YOUR PARENTS; he requires them to yield humble subjection to those that brought them forth, or have just authority over them; see EXODUS 20:12 E...
Colossians 3:20 Children G5043 obey G5219 (G5720) parents G1118 in G2596 things G3956 for G1063 this G5124 is
‘Children obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing in the Lord.' This is the general principle. Children are not to rebel against their parents wishes, but to respond to their direct...
Colossians 3:20. CHILDREN, OBEY YOUR PARENTS. ‘ Obey' is stronger than ‘submit' (Colossians 3:18); the wife is to be consulted, her wishes considered; but children should ‘obey.' whether they know the...
III. HORTATORY PART: LIVE AS THOSE SHOULD LIVE WHO WERE RAISED WITH CHRIST THE HEAD. (1.) Fellowship with the Exalted Christ the motive for the new life; Colossians 3:1-4. (Transitive paragraph.) (2....
3. _Special Precepts as to Household Relations._ This section agrees, not only in outline, but in detail, with the corresponding passage in Ephesians. The arrangement is identical, the precepts and mo...
OBEY YOUR PARENTS (υπακουετε τοις γονευσιν). Old verb to listen under (as looking up), to hearken, to heed, to obey.IN ALL THINGS (κατα παντα). This is the hard part for the child, not occasional...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God._ Oh! how often we need to be called to this, for the flesh is grove...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth._ Th...
CONTENTS: Believer's union with Christ here and hereafter, and the fruit of such union. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul. CONCLUSION: The true believer is united with Christ in a union which can never b...
Colossians 3:1. _If ye then be risen with Christ,_ above the darkness and torpor of the present world, as in Colossians 2:20, live in conformity to your hope, by seeking _those things that are above._...
CHILDREN. It is normal for children to rebel against their parents, yet they must obey them, since they need to be guided and helped to take their place in life. Tests have shown that even very poor t...
_Children, obey your parents in all things._ THE MUTUAL OFFICES OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN Among all those mutual offices by which society is preserved those incumbent on parents and children are the mo...
COLOSSIANS—NOTE ON COLOSSIANS 3:20 Paul’s words to children reflect the fifth commandment (Exodus 20:12)....
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Colossians 3:20. FOR THIS IS WELL-PLEASING.— Ephesians 6:1: “This is right.” What in Ephesians is regarded as an equitable due from child to parent is here looked at i...
EXPOSITION COLOSSIANS 3:1 SECTION VII. THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE. The apostle, having delivered his attack on the system of error inculcated at Colossae, now passes from the controversial to the more...
So then, If then you are risen with Christ [If you are risen with Christ... going back to buried with Christ in baptism, now risen with Him], seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth a...
Colossians 1:10; Colossians 3:22; Deuteronomy 21:18; Deuteronomy 27:16;...
This is well pleasing. Expanded in Ephesians 6:2; Ephesians 6:3. Unto the Lord should be in the Lord....
PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN LIVING Colossians 3:15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Let the peace of God rule in your hearts. 2. The call of God to the Church, His Body. 3. Be ye thankful. 4. Let the Word of God d...
Does Paul contradict Jesus when he exhorts children, “obey your parents in all things”? PROBLEM: While Paul told children to obey their parents in everything, Jesus said, “He who loves father or moth...
Observe here, The duty bound upon all children, and that is, obedience to their parents; this implies inward reverence, outward observance,. pious regard to their instructions,. following their good e...