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Ephesians 6:2
The 2026 edition cites 4 passages containing Ephesians 6:2, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Ephesians 6:1-2
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 124
By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s…
- LC 127
The honor which inferiors owe to their superiors is, all due reverence in heart, word, and behavior; prayer and thanksgiving for them; imitation of their…
Ephesians 6:1-3
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 24.12
Children are commanded to obey and honor their parents in the Lord.
Ephesians 6:2
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 19.5
The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof; and that, not only in regard of the matter contained in…
Ephesians 6:2-3
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Cited by 3 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 19.6
Although true believers be not under the law, as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified or condemned; yet is it of great use to them, as well as to…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 133
The reason annexed to the fifth commandment in these words, “that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee,” is an express promise…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 66
The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is, a promise of long life and prosperity (as far as it shall serve for God’s glory, and their own good) to all…