What is the 3rd Commandment?

What is the 3rd Commandment?

• A. Keep holy the Lord's day.
• B. I am the Lord thy God. you shall not have strange gods before Me.
• C. You shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
• D. Honor your father and mother.

Answer: (D)

In this numbering of the Ten Commandments, the instruction to honor your father and mother is listed as the third commandment. That placement is meant to show that respecting those who care for you is a foundational duty, alongside honoring God and living rightly in other areas. So the option about honoring your father and mother is the one that matches the third commandment in this particular set of materials. The other statements refer to different duties—such as worship and reverence toward God through keeping the Sabbath or speaking about God carefully—which are important too, but they appear in different spots depending on the numbering system used.

In this numbering of the Ten Commandments, the instruction to honor your father and mother is listed as the third commandment. That placement is meant to show that respecting those who care for you is a foundational duty, alongside honoring God and living rightly in other areas. So the option about honoring your father and mother is the one that matches the third commandment in this particular set of materials. The other statements refer to different duties—such as worship and reverence toward God through keeping the Sabbath or speaking about God carefully—which are important too, but they appear in different spots depending on the numbering system used.