Colossians 3:21

Modern King James Version

Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they be discouraged.

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As a father pities his children, Jehovah pities those who fear Him.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

And fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

even as you know how we exhorted and comforted and testified to each one of you, as a father to his children,