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Ephesians 6:4
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2 a“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise:  
3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
4 And ayou, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bbring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.  

Bondservants and Masters

5 aBondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, bwith fear and trembling, cin sincerity of heart, as to Christ;  
6 anot with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,  
7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,
8 aknowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.  
9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that1 your own aMaster also is in heaven, and bthere is no partiality with Him.  

The Whole Armor of God

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
11 aPut on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the1 wiles of the devil.  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath - Avoid all severity; this will hurt your own souls, and do them no good; on the contrary, if punished with severity or cruelty, they will be only hardened and made desperate in their sins. Cruel parents generally have bad children. He who corrects his children according to God and reason will feel every blow on his own heart more sensibly than his child feels it on his body. Parents are called to correct; not to punish, their children. Those who punish them do it from a principle of revenge; those who correct them do it from a principle of affectionate concern.

Bring them up, etc - ͅ · literally, Nourish them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. The mind is to be nourished with wholesome discipline and instruction, as the body is with proper food. , discipline, may refer to all that knowledge which is proper for children, including elementary principles and rules for behavior, etc. , instruction, may imply whatever is necessary to form the mind; to touch, regulate, and purify the passions; and necessarily includes the whole of religion. Both these should be administered in the Lord - according to his will and word, and in reference to his eternal glory. All the important lessons and doctrines being derived from his revelation, therefore they are called the discipline and instruction of the Lord.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Ephesians 6:4:

Acts 9:5
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