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Colossians 3:20 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. "
Colossians 3:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
21 Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
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Colossians 3:1
"If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God."
Colossians 3:2
"Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth."
Colossians 3:3
"For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God."
Colossians 3:4
"When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory."
Colossians 3:5
"Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry."
Colossians 3:6
"For these things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience."
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