the fathers! vex not your children, lest they be discouraged.
As a father hath mercy on sons, Jehovah hath mercy on those fearing Him.
For whom Jehovah loveth He reproveth, Even as a father the son He is pleased with.
And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.
The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;
even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying,