Ephesians:6:1-4

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rwp @Ephesians:6:1 @{Right } (\dikaion \). In strkjv @Colossians:3:20 | it is \euareston \ (well-pleasing ). rwp @Ephesians:6:2 @{Which } (\h ˆtis \). "Which very " = "for such is ." {The first commandment with promise } (\entol ˆ pr “t ˆ en epaggeli ƒi \). \En \ here means "accompanied by " (Alford ). But why "with a promise "? The second has a general promise , but the fifth alone (Exodus:20:12 |) has a specific promise . Perhaps that is the idea . Some take it to be first because in the order of time it was taught first to children , but the addition of \en epaggeli ƒi \ here to \pr “t ˆ\ points to the other view . rwp @Ephesians:6:3 @{That it may be well with thee } (\hina eu soi gen ˆtai \). From strkjv @Exodus:20:12 |, "that it may happen to thee well ." {And thou mayest live long on the earth } (\kai es ˆi makrochronios epi t ˆs g ˆs \). Here \es ˆi \ (second person singular future middle ) takes the place of \gen ˆi \ in the LXX (second person singular second aorist middle subjunctive ). \Makrochronios \ is a late and rare compound adjective , here only in N .T . (from LXX , strkjv @Exodus:20:12 |). rwp @Ephesians:6:4 @{Provoke not to anger } (\m ˆ parorgizete \). Rare compound , both N .T . examples (here and strkjv @Romans:10:19 |) are quotations from the LXX . The active , as here , has a causative sense . Parallel in sense with \m ˆ erethizete \ in strkjv @Colossians:3:21 |. Paul here touches the common sin of fathers . {In the chastening and admonition of the Lord } (\en paidei ƒi kai nouthesi ƒi tou kuriou \). \En \ is the sphere in which it all takes place . There are only three examples in the N .T . of \paideia \, old Greek for training a \pais \ (boy or girl ) and so for the general education and culture of the child . Both papyri and inscriptions give examples of this original and wider sense (Moulton and Milligan , _Vocabulary_ ). It is possible , as Thayer gives it , that this is the meaning here in strkjv @Ephesians:6:4 |. In strkjv @2Timothy:3:16 | adults are included also in the use . In strkjv @Hebrews:12:5 ,7 ,11 | the narrower sense of "chastening " appears which some argue for here . At any rate \nouthesia \ (from \nous , tith ˆmi \), common from Aristophanes on , does have the idea of correction . In N .T . only here and strkjv @1Corinthians:10:11 ; strkjv @Titus:3:10 |.

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