Colossians 3:21

American Standard Version

Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.

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Colossians 3:21 in other translations

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Colossians 3:21 · World English Bible

Colossians 3:21 in context

  1. 19Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
  2. 20Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.
  3. 21Fathers, provoke not your children, that they be not discouraged.
  4. 22Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:
  5. 23whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

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