Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
20 Children, obey your parents. He enjoins it upon children to obey their parents, “Leurs peres et meres;” — “Their fathers and mothers.” without any exception. But what if parents “Les peres ou les meres;” — “Fathers or mothers.” should feel disposed to constrain them to anything that is unlawful; will they in that case, too, obey without any reservation?
The gospel's highest truths breed the plainest duties. Wives must submit to their own husbands as fitting in the Lord, not from fear but from the order God Himself established; husbands must love them in return, never bitter. The privileges of grace and the obligations of our station must never be torn asunder.
AI summary
Commenting on Colossians 3:18-25
Children, obey your parents,.... Both father and mother; See Gill on Eph 6:1. in all things; not in things sinful, which are contrary to the law of God, and Gospel of Christ; in things repugnant to the duties of religion, the ordinances of the Gospel, and the doctrines of Christ, parents are to be neglected and disobeyed.