Colossians 3:20 — Meaning and Application

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“Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”

Colossians 3:20

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Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:

Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Husbands, love {your} wives, and be not bitter against them.

Children, obey {your} parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Fathers, provoke not your children {to anger}, lest they be discouraged.

Servants, obey in all things {your} masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

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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."

Colossians 3:2

"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. {affection: or, mind}"

Colossians 3:3

"For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."

Colossians 3:4

"When Christ, {who is} our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory."

Colossians 3:5

"Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:"

Colossians 3:6

"For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"

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