“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)”
Honor your father and mother — which is the first commandment with a promise — the citation of Exodus 20:12: timao ('honor') ton patera kai tēn metera ('your father and mother'), the protē entolē ('first commandment') with promise (epangelias), establishing the covenantal structure.
Church Fathers on Ephesians 6:2
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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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