“Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord — 'Obey' (hypakouo) to parents is commanded. 'In everything' (en pasin) is comprehensive. 'For this pleases the Lord' (euarestos en kyriō) frames obedience as pleasing Christ. Parental authority reflects divine order. Yet it is qualified by 'pleasing the Lord': if parental command contradicts Christ, Christ supersedes.
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