Honour vs Obey
A Modern Heresy that Devalues the Family
We live in what may be the most anti-family society that has ever existed. Probably not, especially as one considers some extremely small societies, or some larger ones in the process of dissolving (which might well describe ours), but we are definitely in the running. From the left and the right, the centre and the fringes, we see attack after attack on the nature and significance of the family. Some attacks don’t even seem like attacks, they are just swaths of ignorance and apathy. And many attacks come in the form of false doctrine in the church. One such might be called ‘honour vs obey’.
When discussing the obedience that children owe their parents in Scripture, someone will frequently bring up the idea of an ‘honour vs obey’ dichotomy. The idea is that young children are to obey their parents, and older children are merely to ‘honour’ their parents. The problem with this idea is that there is no honour v obey dichotomy in Scripture.
Let’s break the issue down:
The term ‘honour’ includes three aspects: respect, obedience, and care.
The term ‘children’ in the NT command for ‘children’ to obey their parents does not refer to young people. The Old Testament does not qualify the command.
All ages are to disobey when appropriate.
All of these points are clear in Scripture and church history.
The term honour has three aspects: respect, obedience and care.
This is made clear in the law. The ten commandments include the commandment, “Honour thy father and thy mother”. The case laws include three specific issues: obedience (the law of the disobedient child), respect (law of the son who curses his father or mother), and care (law of the son who strikes one of his parents).
Christ makes this clear. When illustrating the pharisees disobedience he clearly indicates that grown men are required to care for their elderly parents as part of this command. And he repeatedly indicates that obedience is part of the command.
Jeremiah 35 had God commending the Rechabites for obeying their long dead great… grandfather.
The OT is full of grown men obeying their fathers. Benjamin and his brothers both wait for his father to give him permission to go to Egypt, though Benjamin had ten children at the time.
The church fathers/reformers clearly taught these three aspects were part of honor. (see examples below)
The term children in the NT in the ‘children obey’ passages, is not a term limited by age
The term in the NT is used 99 times (KJV). Of those 99 times, 8 of them are the target of this discussion, 3 of them clearly indicated at least older children, 24 are ambivalent and would include adults, 51 are clearly adults or at the very least clearly include adults, and only 5 are specific to younger children! So cutting to the clearest examples, 8 would be focused on those we would call children (although the Jews wouldn’t include some of them) and 51 are clearly non-what-we-would-call-children.
The church fathers/reformers clearly included grown ups in their call to be obedient. (see examples below).
Christ in the NT clearly indicates that adults should obey their parents. Christ, as an adult, indicates that His goal is to obey His father.
Jeremiah 35 clearly shows God commending the adult Rechabites for obeying their long dead great... grandfather.
The commandment calling on honouring your father does not include the limiter ‘children’.
See ten commandments
See Moses with his father-in-law
See Benjamin
See reformers
There is no limiter on the age where we are to disobey authorities.
This is a negative point. It says that there is no limiter on disobedience. When we read the ‘disobedience’ passages… Daniel, Shadrack, David, Jonathon, etc… we see no passage that says ‘Well, if you were young enough, then you would have to obey your parents instead of God”. Everywhere that Godly ‘disobedience’ is brought forth, it has no limit on it.
Conclusion
There is no ’honour vs obey’ dichotomy in the Scriptures. And the belief that there is has led to an incredible devaluing of the family jurisdiction. Scripture teaches three large, central jurisdictions: the family, the church, and the state. Of these three Scripture lists the family as primary and having the largest coverage. Our society, however, treats it as tertiary (or perhaps secondary) and as having the smallest jurisdiction. No wonder, then, that the family is so easily attacked and our society is in such a state of destruction.
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Appendix
Calvin
on Eph 6:1
1.Children, obey. Why does the apostle use the word obey instead of honor, (167) which has a greater extent of meaning? It is because Obedience is the evidence of that honor which children owe to their parents, and is therefore more earnestly enforced. It is likewise more difficult; for the human mind recoils from the idea of subjection, and with difficulty allows itself to be placed under the control of another. Experience shews how rare this virtue is; for do we find one among a thousand that is obedient to his parents? By a figure of speech, a part is here put for the whole, but it is the most important part, and is necessarily accompanied by all the others.
In the Lord. Besides the law of nature, which is acknowledged by all nations, the obedience of children is enforced by the authority of God. Hence it follows, that parents are to be obeyed, so far only as is consistent with piety to God, which comes first in order. If the command of God is the rule by which the submission of children is to be regulated, it would be foolish to suppose that the performance of this duty could lead away from God himself.
For this is right. This is added in order to restrain the fierceness which, we have already said, appears to be natural to almost all men. He proves it to be right, because God has commanded it; for we are not at liberty to dispute, or call in question, the appointment of him whose will is the unerring rule of goodness and righteousness. That honor should be represented as including obedience is not surprising; for mere ceremony is of no value in the sight of God. The precept, honor thy father and mother, comprehends all the duties by which the sincere affection and respect of children to their parents can be expressed.
(167) “Τιμᾷν properly signifies, ‘to perform one’s duty to any one;’ and here reverence must comprehend the cognate offices of affection, care, and support. The same complexity of sense is observable in the classical phrase τιμᾷν τὸν ἰατρόν [to reverence the physician.] — Bloomfield.
Ephesians 6:2
2.Which is the first commandment with promise. The promises annexed to the commandments are intended to excite our hopes, and to impart a greater cheerfulness to our obedience; and therefore Paul uses this as a kind of seasoning to render the submission, which he enjoins on children, more pleasant and agreeable. He does not merely say, that God has offered a reward to him who obeys his father and mother, but that such an offer is peculiar to this commandment. If each of the commandments had its own promises, there would have been no ground for the commendation bestowed in the present instance. But this is the first commandment, Paul tells us, which God has been pleased, as it were, to seal by a remarkable promise. There is some difficulty here; for the second commandment likewise contains a promise,
“I am the Lord thy God, who shew mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.”
(Exo 20:5.)
But this is universal, applying indiscriminately to the whole law, and cannot be said to be annexed to that commandment. Paul’s assertion still holds true, that no other commandment but that which enjoins the obedience due by children to their parents is distinguished by a promise.
John Gill
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord,.... The persons whose duty this is, "children", are such of every sex, male and female, and of every age, and of every state and condition; and though the true, legitimate, and immediate offspring of men may be chiefly respected, yet not exclusive of spurious children, and adopted ones, and of children-in-law; and the persons to whom obedience from them is due, are not only real and immediate parents, both father and mother, but such who are in the room of parents, as step-fathers, step-mothers, guardians, nurses, &c. and all who are in the ascending line, as grandfathers, grandmothers, &c. to these, children should be subject and obedient in all things lawful, just, and good; in everything that is not sinful and unlawful, by the word of God; and in things indifferent, as much as in them lies, and even in things which are difficult to perform: and this obedience should be hearty and sincere, and not merely verbal, and in show and appearance, nor mercenary; and should be joined with gratitude and thankfulness for past favours: and it should be "in the Lord"; which may be considered either as a limitation of the obedience, that it should be in things that are agreeable to the mind and will of the Lord; or as an argument to it, because it is the command of the Lord, and is wellpleasing in his sight, and makes for his glory, and therefore should be done for his sake:
for this is right; it appears to be right by the light of nature, by which the very Heathens have taught it; and it is equitable from reason that so it should be; and it is just by the law of God, which commands nothing but what is holy, just, and good.
Ephesians 6:2
Honour thy father and mother,.... This explains who parents are, and points at some branches of obedience due unto them; for they are not only to be loved, and to be feared, and reverenced, their corrections to be submitted to, offences against them to be acknowledged, their tempers to be bore with, and their infirmities covered; but they are to be honoured in thought, word, and gesture; they are to be highly thought of and esteemed; they are to be spoken to, and of, very honourably, and with great veneration and to be behaved to in a very respectful manner; and they are to be relieved, assisted, and maintained in comfortable way when aged, and in necessitous circumstances; and which may be chiefly designed. So the Jews explain כבוד, "the honour" due to parents, by, &c. מאכיל, "giving them food, drink", and "clothing", unloosing their shoes, and leading them out and in (x). Compare with this 1Ti 5:4; See Gill on Mat 15:4;
which is the first commandment with promise: it is the fifth commandment in the decalogue, but the first that has a promise annexed to it: it is reckoned by the Jews (y) the weightiest of the weightiest commands of the law; and the reward bestowed on it, is length of days, as follows.
(x) T. Hieros. Kiddushin, fol. 61. 2. T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 31. 1, 2. Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Kiddushin, c. 1. sect. 7. (y) Debarim Rabba, sect. 6. fol. 241. 3.
Matthew Henry
Ephesians 6:1-9
Here we have further directions concerning relative duties, in which the apostle is very particular.
I. The duty of children to their parents. Come, you children, hearken to me, I will teach you the fear of the Lord. The great duty of children is to obey their parents (Eph 6:1), parents being the instruments of their being, God and nature having given them an authority to command, in subserviency to God; and, if children will be obedient to their pious parents, they will be in a fair way to be pious as they are. That obedience which God demands from their children, in their behalf, includes an inward reverence, as well as the outward expressions and acts. Obey in the Lord. Some take this as a limitation, and understand it thus: “as far as is consistent with your duty to God.” We must not disobey our heavenly Father in obedience to earthly parents; for our obligation to God is prior and superior to all others. I take it rather as a reason: “Children, obey your parents; for the Lord has commanded it: obey them therefore for the Lord's sake, and with an eye to him.” Or it may be a particular specification of the general duty: “Obey your parents, especially in those things which relate to the Lord. Your parents teach you good manners, and therein you must obey them. They teach you what is for your health, and in this you must obey them: but the chief things in which you are to do it are the things pertaining to the Lord.” Religious parents charge their children to keep the ways of the Lord, Gen 18:19. They command them to be found in the way of their duty towards God, and to take heed of those sins most incident to their age; in these things especially they must see that they be obedient. There is a general reason given: For this is right, there is a natural equity in it, God has enjoined it, and it highly becomes Christians. It is the order of nature that parents command and children obey. Though this may seem a hard saying, yet it is duty, and it must be done by such as would please God and approve themselves to him. For the proof of this the apostle quotes the law of the fifth commandment, which Christ was so far from designing to abrogate and repeal that he came to confirm it, as appears by his vindicating it, Mat 15:4, etc. Honour thy father and mother (Eph 6:2), which honour implies reverence, obedience, and relief and maintenance, if these be needed. The apostle adds, which is the first commandment with promise. Some little difficulty arises from this, which we should not overlook, because some who plead for the lawfulness of images bring this as a proof that we are not bound by the second commandment. But there is no manner of force in the argument. The second commandment has not a particular promise; but only a general declaration or assertion, which relates to the whole law of God's keeping mercy for thousands. And then by this is not meant the first commandment of the decalogue that has a promise, for there is no other after it that has, and therefore it would be improper to say it is the first; but the meaning may be this: “This is a prime or chief commandment, and it has a promise; it is the first commandment in the second table, and it has a promise.” The promise is, That it may be well with thee, etc., Eph 6:3. Observe, Whereas the promise in the commandment has reference to the land of Canaan, the apostle hereby shows that this and other promises which we have in the Old Testament relating to the land of Canaan are to be understood more generally. That you may not think that the Jews only, to whom God gave the land of Canaan, were bound by the fifth commandment, he here gives it a further sense, That it may be well with thee, etc. Outward prosperity and long life are blessings promised to those who keep this commandment. This is the way to have it well with us, and obedient children are often rewarded with outward prosperity. Not indeed that it is always so; there are instances of such children who meet with much affliction in this life: but ordinarily obedience is thus rewarded, and, where it is not, it is made up with something better. Observe, 1. The gospel has its temporal promises, as well as spiritual ones. 2. Although the authority of God be sufficient to engage us in our duty, yet we are allowed to have respect to the promised reward: and, 3. Though it contains some temporal advantage, even this may be considered as a motive and encouragement to our obedience.
Wesley
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents - In all things lawful. The will of the parent is a law to the child. In the Lord - For his sake. For this is right - Manifestly just and reasonable.
Ephesians 6:2
Honour - That is, love, reverence, obey, assist, in all things. The mother is particularly mentioned, as being more liable to be slighted than the father. Which is the first commandment with a promise - For the promise implied in the second commandment does not belong to the keeping that command in particular, but the whole law. Exo 20:12
Westminster Larger Catechism
Q. 123. Which is the fifth commandment?
A. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Q. 124. Who are meant by father and mother in the fifth commandment?
A. By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s ordinance, are over us in place of authority, whether in family, church, or commonwealth.
Prov. 23:22, 25: Eph. 6:1-2; 1 Tim. 5:1-2; Gen. 4:20-22; Gen. 45:8; 2 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 13:14; Gal. 4:19; Isa. 49:23.
Q. 125. Why are superiors styled father and mother?
A. Superiors are styled father and mother, both to teach them in all duties towards their inferiors, like natural parents, to express love and tenderness to them, according to their several relations; and to work inferiors to a greater willingness and cheerfulness in performing their duties to their superiors, as to their parents.
Eph. 6:4; 2 Cor. 12:14; 1 Thess. 2:7-8, 11; Num. 11:11-12; 1 Cor. 4:14-16; 2 Kings 5:13.
Q. 126. What is the general scope of the fifth commandment?
A. The general scope of the fifth commandment is the performance of those duties which we mutually owe in our several relations, as inferiors, superiors, or equals.
Eph. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:17; Rom. 12:10.
Q. 127. What is the honor that inferiors owe to their superiors?
A. The honor which inferiors owe to their superiors is, all due reverence in heart, word, and behavior; prayer and thanksgiving for them; imitation of their virtues and graces; willing obedience to their lawful commands and counsels; due submission to their corrections; fidelity to, defence and maintenance of their persons and authority, according to their several ranks, and the nature of their places; bearing with their infirmities, and covering them in love, that so they may be an honor to them and to their government.
Mal. 1:6; Lev. 19:3; Prov. 31:28; 1 Pet. 3:6; Lev. 19:32; 1 Kings 2:19; 1 Tim. 2:1-2; Heb. 13:7; Phil. 3:17; Eph. 6:1-2, 5-7; 1 Pet. 2:13-14; Rom. 13:1-5; Heb. 13:17; Prov. 4:3-4; Prov. 23:22; Ex. 18:19, 24; Heb. 12:9; 1 Pet. 2:18-20; Titus 2:9-10; 1 Sam. 26:15-16; 2 Sam. 18:3; Esther 6:2; Matt. 22:21; Rom. 13:6-7; 1 Tim. 5:17-18; Gal. 6:6; Gen. 45:11; Gen. 47:12; 1 Pet. 2:18; Prov. 23:22; Gen. 9:23; Ps. 127:3-5; Prov. 31:23.
Q. 128. What are the sins of inferiors against their superiors?
A. The sins of inferiors against their superiors are, all neglect of the duties required toward them; envying at, contempt of, and rebellion against, their persons and places, in their lawful counsels, commands, and corrections; cursing, mocking, and all such refractory and scandalous carriage, as proves a shame and dishonor to them and their government.
Matt. 15:4-6; Num. 11:28-29; 1 Sam. 8:7; Isa. 3:5; 2 Sam. 15:1-12; Ex. 21:15; 1 Sam. 10:27; 1 Sam. 2:25; Deut. 21:18-21; Prov. 30:11, 17; Prov. 19:26.
Q. 129. What is required of superiors towards their inferiors?
A. It is required of superiors, according to that power they receive from God, and that relation wherein they stand, to love, pray for, and bless their inferiors; to instruct, counsel and admonish them; countenancing, commending, and rewarding such as do well; and discountenancing, reproving, and chastising such as do ill; protecting, and providing for them all things necessary for soul and body: and, by grave, wise, holy, and exemplary carriage, to procure glory to God, honor to themselves, and so to preserve that authority which God hath put upon them.
Col. 3:19; Titus 2:4; 1 Sam. 12:23; Job 1:5; 1 Kings 8:55-56; Heb. 7:7; Gen. 49:28; Deut. 6:6-7; Eph. 6:4; 1 Pet. 3:7; 1 Pet. 2:14; Rom. 13:3; Esther 6:3; Rom. 13:3-4; Prov. 29:15; 1 Pet. 2:14; Job 29:12-17; Isa. 1:10, 17; Eph. 6:4; 1 Tim. 5:8; 1 Tim. 4:12; Titus 2:3-5; 1 Kings 3:28; Titus 2:15.
Q. 130. What are the sins of superiors?
A. The sins of superiors are, besides the neglect of the duties required of them, an inordinate seeking of themselves, their own glory, ease, profit, or pleasure; commanding things unlawful, or not in the power of inferiors to perform; counseling, encouraging, or favoring them in that which is evil; dissuading, discouraging, or discountenancing them in that which is good; correcting them unduly; careless exposing, or leaving them to wrong, temptation, and danger; provoking them to wrath; or in any way dishonoring themselves, or lessening their authority, by an unjust, indiscreet, rigorous, or remiss behavior.
Ezek. 34:2-4; Phil. 2:21; John 5:44; John 7:18; Isa. 56:10-11; Deut. 17:17; Dan. 3:4-6; Acts 4:17-18; Ex. 5:10-18; Matt. 23:2, 4; Matt. 14:8; Mark 6:24; 2 Sam. 13:28; 1 Sam. 3:13; John 7:46-49; Col. 3:21; Ex. 5:17; 1 Pet. 2:18-20; Heb. 12:10; Deut. 25:3; Gen. 38:11, 26; Acts 18:17; Eph. 6:4; Gen. 9:21; 1 Kings 12:13-16; 1 Kings 1:6; 1 Sam. 2:29-31.
Q. 131. What are the duties of equals?
A. The duties of equals are, to regard the dignity and worth of each other, in giving honor to go one before another; and to rejoice in each other’s gifts and advancement, as their own.
1 Pet. 2:17; Rom. 12:10; Rom. 12:15-16; Phil. 2:3-4.
Q. 132. What are the sins of equals?
A. The sins of equals are, besides the neglect of the duties required, the undervaluing of the worth, envying the gifts, grieving at the advancement or prosperity one of another; and usurping pre-eminence one over another.
Rom. 13:8; 2 Tim. 3:3; Acts 7:9; Gal. 5:26; Num. 12:2; Esther 6:12-13; 3 John 1:9; Luke 22:24.
Q. 133. What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment, the more to enforce it?
A. The reason annexed to the fifth commandment in these words, “that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee,” is an express promise of long life and prosperity, as far as it shall serve for God’s glory and their own good, to all such as keep this commandment.
Ex. 20:12; Deut. 5:16; 1 Kings 8:25; Eph. 6:2-3.
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91 Verses Found, 99 Matches
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Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, G2419 Jerusalem, G2419 thou that killest G615 the G3588 prophets, G4396 and G2532 stonest G3036 them which are sent G649 unto G4314 thee, G846 how often G4212 would G2309 I have gathered thy children together, G1996 G4675 G5043 even as G3739 G5158 a hen G3733 gathereth G1996 her G1438 chickens G3556 under G5259 her wings, G4420 and G2532 ye would G2309 not! G3756
Mat 27:25 Then G2532 answered G611 all G3956 the G3588 people, G2992 and said, G2036 His G846 blood G129 be on G1909 us, G2248 and G2532 on G1909 our G2257 children. G5043
Mar 7:27 But G1161 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto her, G846 Let G863 the G3588 children G5043 first G4412 be filled: G5526 for G1063 it is G2076 not G3756 meet G2570 to take G2983 the G3588 children's G5043 bread, G740 and G2532 to cast G906 it unto the G3588 dogs. G2952
Mar 10:29 And G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said, G2036 Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 There is G2076 no man G3762 that hath left G863 house, G3614 or G2228 brethren, G80 or G2228 sisters, G79 or G2228 father, G3962 or G2228 mother, G3384 or G2228 wife, G1135 or G2228 children, G5043 or G2228 lands, G68 for my sake, G1752 G1700 and G2532 the G3588 gospel's, G2098
Mar 10:30 But G1437 G3361 he shall receive G2983 an hundredfold G1542 now G3568 in G1722 this G5129 time, G2540 houses, G3614 and G2532 brethren, G80 and G2532 sisters, G79 and G2532 mothers, G3384 and G2532 children, G5043 and G2532 lands, G68 with G3326 persecutions; G1375 and G2532 in G1722 the G3588 world G165 to come G2064 eternal G166 life. G2222
Mar 12:19 Master, G1320 Moses G3475 wrote G1125 unto us, G2254 If G1437 a man's G5100 brother G80 die, G599 and G2532 leave G2641 his wife G1135 behind him, and G2532 leave G863 no G3361 children, G5043 that G2443 his G848 brother G80 should take G2983 his G846 wife, G1135 and G2532 raise up G1817 seed G4690 unto his G846 brother. G80
Luk 1:7 And G2532 they had G2258 G846 no G3756 child, G5043 because that G2530 Elisabeth G1665 was G2258 barren, G4723 and G2532 they both G297 were G2258 now well stricken G4260 in G1722 years. G2250
Luk 1:17 And G2532 he G846 shall go G4281 before G1799 him G846 in the spirit G4151 and G2532 power G1411 of Elias, G2243 to turn G1994 the hearts G2588 of the fathers G3962 to G1909 the children, G5043 and G2532 the disobedient G545 to G1722 the wisdom G5428 of the just; G1342 to make ready G2090 a people G2992 prepared G2680 for the Lord. G2962
Luk 11:13 If G1487 ye G5210 then, G3767 being G5225 evil, G4190 know G1492 how to give G1325 good G18 gifts G1390 unto your G5216 children: G5043 how much G4214 more G3123 shall your heavenly G1537 G3772 Father G3962 give G1325 the Holy G40 Spirit G4151 to them that ask G154 him? G846
Luk 13:34 O Jerusalem, G2419 Jerusalem, G2419 which killest G615 the G3588 prophets, G4396 and G2532 stonest G3036 them that are sent G649 unto G4314 thee; G846 how often G4212 would G2309 I have gathered thy children together, G1996 G4675 G5043 as G3739 G5158 a hen G3733 doth gather her G1438 brood G3555 under G5259 her wings, G4420 and G2532 ye would G2309 not! G3756
Luk 14:26 If any G1536 man come G2064 to G4314 me, G3165 and G2532 hate G3404 not G3756 his G1438 father, G3962 and G2532 mother, G3384 and G2532 wife, G1135 and G2532 children, G5043 and G2532 brethren, G80 and G2532 sisters, G79 yea,( G2089 ) and G1161 his own G1438 life G5590 also, G2532 he cannot G1410 G3756 be G1511 my G3450 disciple. G3101
Luk 18:29 And G1161 he G3588 said G2036 unto them, G846 Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 There is G2076 no man G3762 that G3739 hath left G863 house, G3614 or G2228 parents, G1118 or G2228 brethren, G80 or G2228 wife, G1135 or G2228 children, G5043 for the kingdom of God's sake, G1752 G3588 G932 G2316
Luk 19:44 And G2532 shall lay thee even with the ground, G1474 G4571 and G2532 thy G4675 children G5043 within G1722 thee; G4671 and G2532 they shall not G3756 leave G863 in G1722 thee G4671 one stone upon another; G3037 G1909 G3037 because G473 G3739 thou knewest G1097 not G3756 the G3588 time G2540 of thy G4675 visitation.
Luk 20:31 And G2532 the G3588 third G5154 took G2983 her; G846 and G1161 in like manner G5615 the G3588 seven G2033 also: G2532 and they left G2641 no G3756 children, G5043 and G2532 died. G599
Luk 23:28 But G1161 Jesus G2424 turning G4762 unto G4314 them G846 said, G2036 Daughters G2364 of Jerusalem, G2419 weep G2799 not G3361 for G1909 me, G1691 but G4133 weep G2799 for G1909 yourselves, G1438 and G2532 for G1909 your G5216 children. G5043
Act 2:39 For G1063 the G3588 promise G1860 is G2076 unto you, G5213 and G2532 to your G5216 children, G5043 and G2532 to all G3956 that G3588 are afar off, G1519 G3112 even as many as G3745 G302 the Lord G2962 our G2257 God G2316 shall call. G4341
Act 7:5 And G2532 he gave G1325 him G846 none G3756 inheritance G2817 in G1722 it, no, G846 not G3761 so much as to set his foot on: G968 G4228 yet G2532 he promised G1861 that he would give G1325 it G846 to him G846 for G1519 a possession, G2697 and G2532 to his G846 seed G4690 after G3326 him, G846 when as yet he G846 had G5607 no G3756 child. G5043
Act 21:5 And G1161 when G3753 we G2248 had G1096 accomplished G1822 those days, G2250 we departed G1831 and went our way; G4198 and they all G3956 brought us on our way, G4311 G2248 with G4862 wives G1135 and G2532 children, G5043 till G2193 we were out G1854 of the G3588 city: G4172 and G2532 we kneeled down G5087 G1119 on G1909 the G3588 shore, G123 and prayed. G4336
Gal 4:27 For G1063 it is written, G1125 Rejoice, G2165 thou barren G4723 that bearest G5088 not; G3756 break forth G4486 and G2532 cry, G994 thou that travailest G5605 not: G3756 for G3754 the G3588 desolate G2048 hath G2192 many G4183 more G3123 children G5043 than G2228 she which hath G2192 an husband. G435
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Mat 3:9 And G2532 think G1380 not G3361 to say G3004 within G1722 yourselves, G1438 We have G2192 Abraham G11 to our father: G3962 for G1063 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 that G3754 God G2316 is able G1410 of G1537 these G5130 stones G3037 to raise up G1453 children G5043 unto Abraham. G11
Mat 9:2 And, G2532 behold, G2400 they brought G4374 to him G846 a man sick of the palsy, G3885 lying G906 on G1909 a bed: G2825 and G2532 Jesus G2424 seeing G1492 their G846 faith G4102 said G2036 unto the G3588 sick of the palsy; G3885 Son, G5043 be of good cheer; G2293 thy G4675 sins G266 be forgiven G863 thee. G4671
Mat 11:19 The G3588 Son G5207 of man G444 came G2064 eating G2068 and G2532 drinking, G4095 and G2532 they say, G3004 Behold G2400 a man G444 gluttonous, G5314 and G2532 a winebibber, G3630 a friend G5384 of publicans G5057 and G2532 sinners. G268 But G2532 wisdom G4678 is justified G1344 of G575 her G848 children. G5043
Mar 2:5 When G1161 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 their G846 faith, G4102 he said G3004 unto the G3588 sick of the palsy, G3885 Son, G5043 thy G4675 sins G266 be forgiven G863 thee. G4671
Mar 10:24 And G1161 the G3588 disciples G3101 were astonished G2284 at G1909 his G846 words. G3056 But G1161 Jesus G2424 answereth G611 again, G3825 and saith G3004 unto them, G846 Children, G5043 how G4459 hard G1422 is G2076 it for them that trust G3982 in G1909 riches G5536 to enter G1525 into G1519 the G3588 kingdom G932 of God! G2316
Luk 3:8 Bring forth G4160 therefore G3767 fruits G2590 worthy G514 of repentance, G3341 and G2532 begin G756 not G3361 to say G3004 within G1722 yourselves, G1438 We have G2192 Abraham G11 to our father: G3962 for G1063 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 That G3754 God G2316 is able G1410 of G1537 these G5130 stones G3037 to raise up G1453 children G5043 unto Abraham. G11
Luk 7:35 But G2532 wisdom G4678 is justified G1344 of G575 all G3956 her G848 children. G5043
Luk 15:31 And G1161 he G3588 said G2036 unto him, G846 Son, G5043 thou G4771 art G1488 ever G3842 with G3326 me, G1700 and G2532 all G3956 that I have G1699 is G2076 thine. G4674
Luk 16:25 But G1161 Abraham G11 said, G2036 Son, G5043 remember G3415 that G3754 thou G4771 in G1722 thy G4675 lifetime G2222 receivedst G618 thy G4675 good things, G18 and G2532 likewise G3668 Lazarus G2976 evil things: G2556 but G1161 now G3568 he G3592 is comforted, G3870 and G1161 thou G4771 art tormented. G3600
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Joh 1:12 But G1161 as many as G3745 received G2983 him, G846 to them G846 gave G1325 he power G1849 to become G1096 the sons G5043 of God, G2316 even to them that believe G4100 on G1519 his G846 name: G3686
Joh 8:39 They answered G611 and G2532 said G2036 unto him, G846 Abraham G11 is G2076 our G2257 father. G3962 Jesus G2424 saith G3004 unto them, G846 If G1487 ye were G2258 Abraham's G11 children, G5043 ye would do G4160 G302 the G3588 works G2041 of Abraham. G11
Joh 11:52 And G2532 not G3756 for G5228 that nation G1484 only, G3440 but G235 that G2443 also G2532 he should gather together G4863 in G1519 one G1520 the G3588 children G5043 of God G2316 that were scattered abroad. G1287
Act 13:33 ( G3754 ) God G2316 hath fulfilled G1603 the same G5026 unto us G2254 their G846 children, G5043 in that he hath raised up Jesus again; G450 G2424 as G5613 it is also G2532 written G1125 in G1722 the G3588 second G1208 psalm, G5568 Thou G4771 art G1488 my G3450 Son, G5207 this day G4594 have I G1473 begotten G1080 thee. G4571
Rom 8:16 The G3588 Spirit G4151 itself G846 beareth witness with G4828 our G2257 spirit, G4151 that G3754 we are G2070 the children G5043 of God: G2316
Rom 8:17 And G1161 if G1487 children, G5043 then G2532 heirs; G2818 heirs G2818 of( G3303 ) God, G2316 and G1161 joint-heirs G4789 with Christ; G5547 if so be that G1512 we suffer with G4841 him, that G2443 we may be also G2532 glorified together. G4888
Rom 8:21 Because G3754 the G3588 creature G2937 itself G848 also G2532 shall be delivered G1659 from G575 the G3588 bondage G1397 of corruption G5356 into G1519 the G3588 glorious G1391 liberty G1657 of the G3588 children G5043 of God. G2316
Rom 9:7 Neither, G3761 because G3754 they are G1526 the seed G4690 of Abraham, G11 are they all G3956 children: G5043 but, G235 In G1722 Isaac G2464 shall thy G4671 seed G4690 be called. G2564
Rom 9:8 That is, G5123 They which are the G3588 children G5043 of the G3588 flesh, G4561 these G5023 are not G3756 the children G5043 of God: G2316 but G235 the G3588 children G5043 of the G3588 promise G1860 are counted G3049 for G1519 the seed. G4690
1Co 4:14 I write G1125 not G3756 these things G5023 to shame G1788 you, G5209 but G235 as G5613 my G3450 beloved G27 sons G5043 I warn G3560 you.
1Co 4:17 For this cause G1223 G5124 have I sent G3992 unto you G5213 Timotheus, G5095 who G3739 is G2076 my G3450 beloved G27 son, G5043 and G2532 faithful G4103 in G1722 the Lord, G2962 who G3739 shall bring you into remembrance G363 G5209 of my G3450 ways G3598 which G3588 be in G1722 Christ, G5547 as G2531 I teach G1321 every where G3837 in G1722 every G3956 church. G1577
2Co 6:13 Now G1161 for a recompence G489 in the G3588 same, (I G846 speak G3004 as G5613 unto my children,) G5043 be ye G5210 also G2532 enlarged. G4115
2Co 12:14 Behold, G2400 the third time G5154 I am G2192 ready G2093 to come G2064 to G4314 you; G5209 and G2532 I will not G3756 be burdensome G2655 to you: G5216 for G1063 I seek G2212 not G3756 yours, G5216 but G235 you: G5209 for G1063 the G3588 children G5043 ought G3784 not G3756 to lay up G2343 for the G3588 parents, G1118 but G235 the G3588 parents G1118 for the G3588 children. G5043
Gal 4:25 For G1063 this Agar G28 is G2076 mount G3735 Sinai G4614 in G1722 Arabia, G688 and G1161 answereth to G4960 Jerusalem G2419 which now G3568 is, and G1161 is in bondage G1398 with G3326 her G848 children. G5043
Gal 4:28 Now G1161 we, G2249 brethren, G80 as G2596 Isaac G2464 was, are G2070 the children G5043 of promise. G1860
Gal 4:31 So then, G686 brethren, G80 we are G2070 not G3756 children G5043 of the bondwoman, G3814 but G235 of the G3588 free. G1658
Eph 2:3 Among G1722 whom G3739 also G2532 we G2249 all G3956 had our conversation G390 in times past G4218 in G1722 the G3588 lusts G1939 of our G2257 flesh, G4561 fulfilling G4160 the G3588 desires G2307 of the G3588 flesh G4561 and G2532 of the G3588 mind; G1271 and G2532 were G2258 by nature G5449 the children G5043 of wrath, G3709 even G2532 as G5613 others. G3062
Eph 5:1 Be G1096 ye therefore G3767 followers G3402 of God, G2316 as G5613 dear G27 children; G5043
Eph 5:8 For G1063 ye were G2258 sometimes G4218 darkness, G4655 but G1161 now G3568 are ye light G5457 in G1722 the Lord: G2962 walk G4043 as G5613 children G5043 of light: G5457
Php 2:15 That G2443 ye may be G1096 blameless G273 and G2532 harmless, G185 the sons G5043 of God, G2316 without rebuke, G298 in G1722 the midst G3319 of a crooked G4646 and G2532 perverse G1294 nation, G1074 among G1722 whom G3739 ye shine G5316 as G5613 lights G5458 in G1722 the world; G2889
Php 2:22 But G1161 ye know G1097 the G3588 proof G1382 of him, G846 that, G3754 as G5613 a son G5043 with the father, G3962 he hath served G1398 with G4862 me G1698 in G1519 the G3588 gospel. G2098
1Ti 1:2 Unto Timothy, G5095 my own G1103 son G5043 in G1722 the faith: G4102 Grace, G5485 mercy, G1656 and peace, G1515 from G575 God G2316 our G2257 Father G3962 and G2532 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our G2257 Lord. G2962
1Ti 1:18 This G5026 charge G3852 I commit G3908 unto thee, G4671 son G5043 Timothy, G5095 according G2596 to the G3588 prophecies G4394 which went before G4254 on G1909 thee, G4571 that G2443 thou by G1722 them G846 mightest war G4754 a good G2570 warfare; G4752
1Ti 5:4 But G1161 if G1487 any G5100 widow G5503 have G2192 children G5043 or G2228 nephews, G1549 let them learn G3129 first G4412 to shew piety G2151 at( G2398 ) home, G3624 and G2532 to requite G591 G287 their parents: G4269 for G1063 that G5124 is G2076 good G2570 and G2532 acceptable G587 before G1799 God. G2316
2Ti 1:2 To Timothy, G5095 my dearly beloved G27 son: G5043 Grace, G5485 mercy, G1656 and peace, G1515 from G575 God G2316 the Father G3962 and G2532 Christ G5547 Jesus G2424 our G2257 Lord. G2962
2Ti 2:1 Thou G4771 therefore, G3767 my G3450 son, G5043 be strong G1743 in G1722 the G3588 grace G5485 that G3588 is in G1722 Christ G5547 Jesus. G2424
Tit 1:4 To Titus, G5103 mine own G1103 son G5043 after G2596 the common G2839 faith: G4102 Grace, G5485 mercy, G1656 and peace, G1515 from G575 God G2316 the Father G3962 and G2532 the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 our G2257 Saviour. G4990
Phm 1:10 I beseech G3870 thee G4571 for G4012 my G1699 son G5043 Onesimus, G3682 whom G3739 I have begotten G1080 in G1722 my G3450 bonds: G1199
1Pe 1:14 As G5613 obedient G5218 children, G5043 not G3361 fashioning yourselves G4964 according to the G3588 former G4386 lusts G1939 in G1722 your G5216 ignorance: G52
1Pe 3:6 Even as G5613 Sara G4564 obeyed G5219 Abraham, G11 calling G2564 him G846 lord: G2962 whose G3739 daughters G5043 ye are, G1096 as long as ye do well, G15 and G2532 are not afraid G5399 G3361 with any G3367 amazement. G4423
2Pe 2:14 Having G2192 eyes G3788 full G3324 of adultery, G3428 and G2532 that cannot cease G180 from sin; G266 beguiling G1185 unstable G793 souls: G5590 an heart G2588 they have G2192 exercised G1128 with covetous practices; G4124 cursed G2671 children: G5043
1Jn 3:1 Behold, G1492 what manner G4217 of love G26 the G3588 Father G3962 hath bestowed G1325 upon us, G2254 that G2443 we should be called G2564 the sons G5043 of God: G2316 therefore G1223 G5124 the G3588 world G2889 knoweth G1097 us G2248 not, G3756 because G3754 it knew G1097 him G846 not. G3756
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, G27 now G3568 are G2070 we the sons G5043 of God, G2316 and G2532 it doth not yet G3768 appear G5319 what G5101 we shall be: G2071 but G1161 we know G1492 that, G3754 when G1437 he shall appear, G5319 we shall be G2071 like G3664 him; G846 for G3754 we shall see G3700 him G846 as G2531 he is. G2076
1Jn 3:10 In G1722 this G5129 the G3588 children G5043 of God G2316 are G2076 manifest, G5318 and G2532 the G3588 children G5043 of the G3588 devil: G1228 whosoever G3956 doeth G4160 not G3361 righteousness G1343 is G2076 not G3756 of G1537 God, G2316 neither G2532 he that loveth G25 not G3361 his G848 brother. G80
1Jn 5:2 By G1722 this G5129 we know G1097 that G3754 we love G25 the G3588 children G5043 of God, G2316 when G3752 we love G25 God, G2316 and G2532 keep G5083 his G848 commandments. G1785
2Jn 1:1 The G3588 elder G4245 unto the elect G1588 lady G2959 and G2532 her G848 children, G5043 whom G3739 I G1473 love G25 in G1722 the truth; G225 and G2532 not G3756 I G1473 only, G3441 but G235 also G2532 all G3956 they that have known G1097 the G3588 truth; G225
2Jn 1:4 I rejoiced G5463 greatly G3029 that G3754 I found G2147 of G1537 thy G4675 children G5043 walking G4043 in G1722 truth, G225 as G2531 we have received G2983 a commandment G1785 from G3844 the G3588 Father. G3962
2Jn 1:13 The G3588 children G5043 of thy G4675 elect G1588 sister G79 greet G782 thee. G4571 Amen. G281
3Jn 1:4 I have G2192 no G3756 greater G3186 joy G5479 than( G5130 ) to G2443 hear G191 that my G1699 children G5043 walk G4043 in G1722 truth. G225
Rev 2:23 And G2532 I will kill G615 her G848 children G5043 with G1722 death; G2288 and G2532 all G3956 the G3588 churches G1577 shall know G1097 that G3754 I G1473 am G1510 he which searcheth G2045 the reins G3510 and G2532 hearts: G2588 and G2532 I will give G1325 unto every one G1538 of you G5213 according G2596 to your G5216 works. G2041
Rev 12:4 And G2532 his G848 tail G3769 drew G4951 the G3588 third part G5154 of the G3588 stars G792 of heaven, G3772 and G2532 did cast G906 them G846 to G1519 the G3588 earth: G1093 and G2532 the G3588 dragon G1404 stood G2476 before G1799 the G3588 woman G1135 which was ready G3195 to be delivered, G5088 for to G2443 devour G2719 her G848 child G5043 as soon as G3752 it was born. G5088
Rev 12:5 And G2532 she brought forth G5088 a man G730 child, G5207 who G3739 was G3195 to rule G4165 all G3956 nations G1484 with G1722 a rod G4464 of iron: G4603 and G2532 her G848 child G5043 was caught up G726 unto G4314 God, G2316 and G2532 to his G848 throne. G2362