as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
"Father-strikers and mother-strikers" is a better translation than "those who kill their fathers or mothers." [Note: E. K. Simpson, The Pastoral Epistles, p. 31.] Such people have no respect or affection for their own parents (cf. Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; the fifth commandment).