Ephesians Chapter 6, Verse 3
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3: ινα ευ σοι γενηται και εση μακροχρονιος επι της γης
3: That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on
the earth.
3: That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest be long lived upon
earth.
That it may be well with thee. This is found in the fifth commandment as recorded in Deut 5:16. The whole commandment as there recorded is, "Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." The meaning here is, that they would be more happy, useful, and virtuous, if they obeyed their parents than if they disobeyed them.
And thou mayest live long on the earth. In the Commandment, as recorded in Ex 20:12, the promise is, "that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." This referred to the promised land -- the land of Canaan. The meaning doubtless is, that there would be a special providence, to those who were obedient to parents length of days. Long regarded as a great blessing; and this blessing was promised. The apostle here gives to the promise a more general form, and says obedience to parents was connected at all times with long life.
- "earth" "land"
