“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.”
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right — the household code continues: tekna hupakouō ('children, obey') tois goneusin hymōn ('your parents') en kyriō ('in the Lord'), establishing parental authority within the Christological framework; touto estin dikaion ('this is right,' proper).
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:1
As a man in forming a body, places the head first, after that the neck, then the feet, so does the blessed Paul proceed in his discourse. He has spoken of the husband, he has spoken of the wife, who is second in authority, he now goes on by gradual advances to the third rank — which is that of children. For the husband has authority over the wife, and the husband and the wife over the children. Now then mark what he is saying. Here he has not a word of discourse concerning…
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