Lord’s Day 19: The Fifth Commandment #

68: Which is the fifth commandment?  #

The fifth commandment is, Honor your father and your mother; that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

(Ex. 20:12)

69: What is required in the fifth commandment?  #

The fifth commandment requires the preserving the honour and performing the duties belonging to every one in their several places and relations, as superiors, inferiors, or equals.

(Eph. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:17; Rom. 12:10)

70: What is forbidden in the fifth commandment?  #

The fifth commandment forbiddeth the neglect of, or doing any thing against the honour and duty which belongeth to every one in their several places and relations.

(Mt. 15:4-6; Ez. 34:24; Rom. 13:8)

71: What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?  #

The reason annexed to the fifth commandment is a promise of long life and prosperity—as far as it shall serve for God’s glory, and their own good—to all such as keep this commandment.

(Deut. 5:16; Eph. 6:2, 3)