What Does God Require in the Fifth Commandment?
What does God require in the fifth commandment?

That I show all honour, love and fidelity, to my father and mother, and all in authority over me, and submit myself to their good instruction and correction, with due obedience; [298] and also patiently bear with their weaknesses and infirmities, [299] since it pleases God to govern us by their hand. [300]


Footnotes:

[298] Eph. 5:22; Eph. 6:1-5; Col. 3:18, 20-24; Prov. 1:8; Prov. 4:1; Prov. 15:20; Prov. 20:20; Exod. 21:17; Rom. 13:1-7.

[299] Prov. 23:22; Gen. 9:24, 25; 1:Pet. 2:18.

[300] Eph. 6:4, 9; Col. 3:19-21; Rom. 13:2, 3; Matt. 22:21.

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