Question 104
Q. What doth God require in the fifth commandment?

A. That I show all honor, 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; and also patiently bear with their weaknesses and infirmities, since it pleases God to govern us by their hand.

Footnotes

• Eph. 6:1, 2ff. Col. 3:18, 20. Eph. 5:22. Rom. 13:1
• Prov. 23:22
• Eph. 6:5, 6. Col. 3:20, 22. Rom. 13:1-8. Mat. 22:21