Fifth Commandment: Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
LORD’S DAY 39
104. What does God require in the fifth commandment?
That I show all honor, love and faithfulness to my father and mother,1Ephesians 6:22; Ephesians 6:1-6; Colossians 3:18-24; Proverbs 1:8-9; 4:1; 15:20; 20:20; Exodus 21:17; Genesis 9:24-25 and to all in authority over me;2Romans 13:1; 1 Peter 2:18; Romans 13:2-7; Matthew 22:21 submit myself with due obedience to all their good instruction and correction, and also bear patiently with their infirmities, since it is God’s will to govern us by their hand.3Ephesians 6:4,9; Colossians 3:19,21; Proverbs 30:17; Deuteronomy 27:16; 32:24; Proverbs 13:24; 1 Timothy 2:1-2; 5:17; Hebrews 13:17-18