Colossians 3:21

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.”

— WEB

“Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.”

— KJV

“Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 4:1-4 "Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;"
Ephesians 6:4 "You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord."
Psalms 103:13 "Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him."
Proverbs 3:12 "for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights."
1 Thessalonians 2:11 "As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,"
Hebrews 12:5-11 "and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, n…"

Commentary

(Eph 6:4.) It is a different Greek verb, therefore translate here, "irritate not." By perpetual fault-finding "children" are "discouraged" or "disheartened." A broken-down spirit is fatal to youth [BENGEL].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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