Heidelberg Catechism: 'What does God require in the fifth commandment?'
LORD’S DAY 39
104. What does God require in the fifth commandment?
That I show all honor, love and faithfulness to my father and mother, and to all in authority over me; submit myself with due obedience to all their good instruction and correction;1 and also bear patiently with their infirmities:2 since it is God’s will to govern us by their hand.3
1 Ex 21:17; Prov 1:8, 4:1; Rom 13:1-2; Eph 5:21-22; 6:1-9; Col 3:18-4:1; 2 Prov 20:20, 23:22; 1 Pt 2:18; 3 Mt 22:21, Rom 13:1-8; Eph 6:1-9; Col 3:18-21
