Colossians 3:21

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

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As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him.

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