Colossians 3:21 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] American Standard Version (1901) Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged. Common English Bible Parents, don’t provoke your children in a way that ends up discouraging them. Catholic Public Domain Version Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fathers, provoke not your children to indignation, lest they be discouraged. |
for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.
for you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you