King James Version

Colossians 3:20

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “in” (ἐν) before Lord here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “to the” (τῷ) before Lord here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

Τὰtatheὁ (ho)article, nominative, plural, neuter — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.τέκναteknaChildrenτέκνον (teknon)noun, nominative, plural, neuter — “Children”, the subject formG5043a child, descendent, inhabitant.Childrenὑπακούετεhupakoueteobeyὑπακούω (hupakouō)verb, present active imperative, 2nd person plural — “obey”, an ongoing or repeated actionG5219I listen, hearken to, obey, answer.This verse uses “obey”.obeyτοῖςtoistheὁ (ho)article, dative, plural, masculine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.γονεῦσινgoneusinyour parentsγονεύς (goneus)noun, dative, plural, masculine — “your parents”, the to- or for-formG1118a begetter, father; plur: parents.your parentsκατὰkatainκατάpreposition — “in”G2596gen: against, down from, throughout, by; acc: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of.inπάνταpantaall thingsπᾶς (pas)adjective, accusative, plural, neuter — “all things”, the object formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.all thingsτοῦτοtoutothisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, neuter — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.thisγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.εὐάρεστόνeuarestonwell pleasingεὐάρεστος (euarestos)adjective, nominative, singular, neuter — “well pleasing”, the subject formG2101acceptable, well-pleasing (especially to God), grateful.well pleasingἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.κυρίῳkuriōunto the Lordκύριος (kurios)noun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto the Lord”, the to- or for-formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.unto the Lord

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

τῷtōto theὁ (ho)preposition — “to the”G3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

Young’s Literal Translation

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

World English Bible

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

Darby Translation

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in [the] Lord.

Douay-Rheims

Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

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