Colossians 3:21
the fathers: do not distress your children, lest they be discouraged;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
In Context
20the children: obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the LORD;
Cross References
Proverbs 3:12For whom YHWH loves He reproves, || Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
Ephesians 6:4And the fathers: do not provoke your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the LORD.
Hebrews 12:5and you have forgotten the exhortation that speaks fully to you as to sons, “My son, do not despise [the] discipline of [the] LORD, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,
Matthew Henry on Colossians 3:19-25
Relative Duties. ( a. d. 62.) 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. 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. 21 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 whatsoever ye do, do it heartily,… Read the whole commentary →