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NASB | Exodus 20:12 ¶ "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 20:12 ¶ "Honor (respect, obey, care for) your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged in the land the LORD your God gives you. |
Subject: How to honor estranged parents? |
Bible Note: Hi Gloria, "Happy with them" is another thing entirely! I don't quite know how to be happy with someone who is systematically destroying themself and everything around them that they can. But to love them (which Biblically is to devote ourselves to their ultimate well-being), that is our highest calling, and if we can love those who are considered unlovable, in this way we are like God. Love in Christ, Mark |