<p>6:2 <i>Honour your father and mother (which is the first commandment with promise)</i>- See on :1. Paul clearly saw &quot;the promise&quot; of the old covenant as being the hope of the new covenant; the hope of the promises made to the Jewish fathers was the Christian hope, as Paul so clearly stated at his trials. This involves eternal possession of a glorified earth- and not going to Heaven on death as an immortal soul.</p>