As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
Colossians 3:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Fathers, do not provoke your children, or they may lose heart. More versionsKing 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. |
As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
for the Lord reproves the one he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.
And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.
As you know, we dealt with each one of you like a father with his children,