AC 8897 - Honor thy father and thy mother.

AC 8897
Honor thy father and thy mother.
(Exodus 20:12)
That this signifies love for good and truth,
in the supreme sense for the Lord and for His kingdom,
is evident from the signification of "honoring," as being to love,
for in the spiritual sense "to honor" denotes to love,
for the reason that in heaven one loves another,
and when he loves he also honors,
for in honor there is love.

AC 8899
But be it known that the commandments of the Decalogue
are rules of life both for those who are in the world
and for those who are in heaven
- the sense of the letter or the external sense
being for those who are in the world,
and the spiritual or internal sense
for those who are in heaven -
and consequently both senses,
external as well as internal,
are for those who while they are in the world are also in heaven,
that is, for those who are in the good of life
according to the truths of doctrine.