Colossians 3:20 meaning and explanation

Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.

Colossians 3:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Paul writes to the church at Colossae, addressing children directly within a household code that also speaks to wives, husbands, fathers and slaves. In the ancient household, children lived under the authority of the father, and Paul gives them a simple charge: obedience that pleases the Lord.

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