Colossians 3:21
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
23 Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
- KJV
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
- WEB
- Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.
- ASV
- Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
- DARBY
- Fathers, do not vex your children, to the end that they be not disheartened.
- BLB
- Fathers, do not provoke your⁺ children, so that they may not become discouraged.
- ÅB
- Dere fedre! oppegg ikke deres barn, for at de ikke skal tape motet!
- OTB
- Fedre, ikke provoser deres barn, ellers kan de bli motløse.
- B1930
- I fedre! opegg ikke eders barn, forat de ikke skal tape motet!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 4:1–4
Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
Read in contextEphesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Read in contextPsalms 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
Read in contextProverbs 3:12
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:11
For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–11
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
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