Colossians 3:21
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
23 And what soever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto 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
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Read in contextEphesians 6:4
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Read in contextPsalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
Read in contextProverbs 3:12
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:11
As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–11
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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